Jose Mourinho lavishes praise on 'favourite player' Samuel Eto'o JOSE MOURINHO suggested that Samuel Eto'o was one of his favourite players at Chelsea after the striker scored twice to shoot down Schalke at Stamford Bridge. Samuel Eto'o was the toast of Stamford Bridge after his Chelsea double last night [EPA] Chelsea's 3-0 win keeps them top of Champions League Group E on nine points - three ahead of closest challengers Schalke. Eto'o was the star of the show for the Blues, scoring their first two goals before a late effort from Demba Ba sealed the deal. And whileEden Hazard is in Mourinho's bad books for skipping training, the former Inter Milan manager was certainly happy with Eto'o. "My favourite players are the players that win matches for me, not the ones that lose matches for me," Mourinho said. "Samuel worked with me in the best season of my career (at Inter). We won everything. So he's in a good position." My favourite players are the players that win matches for me, not the ones that lose matches for me Jose Mourinho Eto'o now has three goals for his new club following a summer switch from Anzhi Makhachkala, with Mourinho insisting the Cameroon hitman is finally hitting his stride. "He was for two years playing without big motivations and when you play without big motivations, you train without big motivations and you lose condition, and you lose sharpness, and you lose even appetite," Mourinho added. "It was not a surprise for me that he arrived here not in the best conditions after two years in Anzhi. "Now step by step he is going. He is 32 but he's a fit, slim guy. "He's not a heavy body. He's intelligent, of course, and I think goals give confidence." Jose Mourinho was all smiles with Eto'o [EPA] Chelsea now face a trip to Basle and a home clash with Steaua Bucharest as they bid to book their place in the last 16. And Mourinho is confident his side are back on track after losing to Basle in their opening group match. "We won in quite a comfortable way and it's good for us," Mourinho added. "After the Basle defeat we put ourselves in a difficult situation and it's fantastic that after the fourth fixture we have qualified, almost. Not yet." The man Eto'o replaced, Fernando Torres, faces an absence of around three weeks with an adductor injury.