JOSE Mourinho hailed Chelsea's first-half showing as the Special One got his second spell in charge off to a winning start against Hull City.
Goals from Oscar and Frank Lampard earned the Blues an easy 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge.
The Tigers improved after the break as Chelsea ran out of steam, but Mourinho was happy with his side's showing in the opening 45 minutes.
He said: "There is no doubt we deserved the victory. It was a brilliant first half with high intensity, high quality, great movement, great football.
"With the first half, it is no surprise that the second half could not be the same because the first was outstanding.
"The intensity of our game went down because our pre-season was not an easy one and this week most of our players were involved with their international teams.
"The game was always under control, but in the second half the quality of our game went down a bit. I am happy with the victory and I am happy because what we did in the first half was good.
"Our creative players had very good understanding, very good movement and I think the football was brilliant. If we had been 3-0 or 4-0 ahead at half-time it would not be surprising."
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