Jose Mourinho speaks of Didier Drogba's spectacular form... he's going to finish his career with Chelsea

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes the form of back-up strikers Didier Drogba and Loic Remy is proving to be crucial to his side's assault on the Premier League title.

Drogba and Remy both scored in the absence of suspended first choice striker Diego Costa in the 3-0 win against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues boss fulsome in his praise of his second and third choice marksmen.

"I didn't want to talk about Diego not playing in this game because I know what I have," he told reporters. "We have Diego, Drogba and Remy scoring goals. All of them are scoring goals.

"Didier and Remy don't play so many minutes, but when they play there are there and it is important for us. We don't cry because somebody is suspended. We just try to be positive and give confidence to the players who are going to play."

The Chelsea boss went on to insist he is not surprised by the form of Drogba, who is exceeding the expectations many had of him when he returned to the club for a second spell last summer at the age of 36.

"I was expecting exactly this from Didier," he continued. "The important thing is that he's here and he's going to finish his career with Chelsea. It looks, for me, that he's going to stay [at Chelsea] doing other things when he finishes his career.

"First of all he's a team player. After that he's one of these old days mentality. Not selfish, not vain. A humble guy, who plays for the team, fights for the team.