Newcastle United boss Alan Pardew had no complaints after their 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.
He believes the current Chelsea squad is as good as any from Mourinho's first spell and is also optimistic of a resurgence from his team.
"This is as good as he's had. They've got a good chance," Pardew said.
"We need those players back, especially for games at this level.
"Tottenham is a game I'd like to think we can get through and hopefully get a strong result.
"And then after that I think a lot of our big players will come back to us and for the next 13 games I think we'll be strong and then in the summer we've got work to do."
