José Mourinho has expressed his pleasure at how the team performed against Birmingham, playing a style of free-flowing football that excited fans and pundits alike.

Mourinho, who oversaw his side's 64th undefeated home league fixture in a row, was disappointed to leak two goals, but delighted with the breathtaking football on show.

'The wingers produced incredible football, and the strikers played with great dynamic,' said the manager.

'I always thought we could score goals, not the kind of game where you feel it's difficult to create or score. We create and we score. Of course we concede two goals and I don't like to concede two goals, but that's part of the game and also the consequence of Birmingham because they played a really good game, but we have three points, the quality of our game and the quality of our goals.'

There was joy too as we overtook Liverpool's 26-year record, and Mourinho believes we owe much to players who are no longer with us.

'I think it's a good way to celebrate our home record in a day where I have to go home and sit and remember every player that helped us to achieve this record because some of them are not here with us and I want to remember all of them, Gudjohnsen, Geremi, Duff, all these guys that had a good participation in this fantastic record.

'I think the record means for Chelsea more than for me. Everybody knows that the previous record belonged to Liverpool, to top players, Dalglish, Hansen, Phil Neal and all these great Liverpool players and in this moment belongs to Chelsea, to Lampard, to Terry, to Gudjohnsen, to all of these guys.

'In this moment Chelsea has written its names in the history books, it's a great record.'

Unbeaten here since his arrival, Mourinho considers that Stamford Bridge must remain a fortress, and while nobody is unbeatable, we should continue to make it a difficult place for opponents to visit.

'I think it has to be intimidating even when we lose a game. Nobody is unbeatable, one day somebody comes here and wins,' he said.

'The important thing is when we lose a game we don't lose the next one, the record is there, it will be I don't know, 69, 79, 89, I don't know. When somebody comes here and beats us the message is again to go again for a good run of matches at home. In this moment everybody knows Chelsea is a strong team playing at home.'

Mourinho was full of praise too for Shaun Wright-Phillips, who has been in blistering form since joining up with the squad for pre-season.

'I think he's playing very well, last season he had an improvement. This pre-season he started very, very well, strong since day one, and the players they know that I try always to be honest and to choose the players that deserve more. Shaun had a very good pre-season and today played a very good game.

'I think I am speaking too much about an individual player, we won, Chelsea won, but im pleased for Shaun. He deserves it, the boy always believed in himself, the dressing room loves him because he was always a team player, he was always the same boy, the same person. I am very happy he had this very good performance.'

Wright-Phillips is likely to keep his place for forthcoming away dates with Reading and Liverpool, as the manager has stressed he is not too keen to be rotating his side at this stage of the season.

'This is a moment where the players need to play and im not going to make a complete rotation like I would do if we are in February or March with Champions League matches around the corner. That's not the situation; they have two more matches to play during the week,' he said, though he did reveal that there are still injury worries in the squad, with match winner Michael Essien limping off today.

His problem, according to Mourinho was 'something in the knee ligament, he was limping, he was in pain. I had two midfielders on the bench, Mikel and Sidwell so I made the change immediately. If you ask me is he ready for Wednesday I don't know.'

Opposition manager Steve Bruce was pleased to be back in the big time, and was impressed with how we shaped up.

When asked if we were different from last season, he joked: 'I didn't see them last season, I wasn't around. They looked alright to me!

Bruce was also in awe of the record we have managed to achieve, calling it 'staggering' and 'an unbelievable achievement for [Mourinho] personally and the team'.

Our former striker Mikael Forssell reminded us what he can do inside the opening quarter of an hour, and Bruce was delighted to have him back leading the Birmingham line.

'It's like signing a new player. He's been dogged for two years. For him to come back in the condition he's in we just hope he stays fit and healthy. For a club like Birmingham to have a natural goalscorer will be invaluable to us if he stays fit,' he said.

For now though, Forssell won't be the only former Blue on the manager's mind, as he spends Sunday evening casting his mind back over the players that have helped us achieve this magnificent 64 game record.

By Andy Jones