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	Did Jose Mourinho's tactics save Chelsea?

Tottenham took the lead 领先in the quarter-final match but Chelsea hit back when England player Frank Lampard equalised 扳平得分.

Tottenham, or "Spurs" as they’re usually called, were soon ahead again when Chelsea's Michael Essien scored an own goal 乌龙球 (自进球). Eight minutes later, they made it 3-1 after Hossam Ghaly slotted home 塞进家门， 进球（通俗表达）another.

Chelsea left it until the last twenty minutes to come back, scoring two goals to draw the match and earn a replay 复赛. Jose Mourinho said his players' "mentality" 思想意志 was very good.

Mentality  The players' mentality was very, very good. We were almost out of the FA Cup when we were two goals down but at the end we are still in the competition.   Jose Mourinho

He means they believed they could still win despite being behind. He said his team were "two goals down" 负两球. In other words, they were losing by two goals, and "out of the competition"出局了, meaning they would have been eliminated被淘汰了.

Tottenham's manager, Martin Jol, said Chelsea "threw everything at us" 把什么都扔向我们，全力以赴. He means they made every effort to score. They used three strikers 前锋, which is a very attacking approach.

They threw everything at us  They threw everything at us, with three strikers. I knew that it would have been over if we scored a fourth goal and we could have done that.   Martin Jol

But he thinks Spurs could have won the match. He said "it would have been over if we scored a fourth goal". He means four goals would have been too many for Chelsea to score.