Mourinho has been on thin ice for a while now but with a string of inexplicable losses to his name this year, as well as all the controversies he’s been involved with, the Chelsea boss may be about to fall through the cracks.
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The pressure and focus on Mourinho is sure to continue to heighten with yet another setback for the blues.
Elsewhere, an injury-time equaliser by substitute Loic Remy enabled floundering cup holders Chelsea to take their tie at Stoke City to extra-time.
Trailing to Jonathan Walters’ fantastic goal, and with Diego Costa having hobbled off in the first half, Chelsea were heading out before there was a dramatic twist in the final minute of normal time. Now results are more important than anything. The players must be frustrated because they’re not getting what they deserve.
Defending his team’s performance, Mourinho said: “What the players did tonight is face a few people that write and speak, and said: “You are stupid”. My players don’t do that.
When then asked if the Spain global would be a doubt for Saturday’s Barclays Premier League home clash with Liverpool, Mourinho said again: “I don’t know”.
The Arsenal manager has also never won the sometimes maligned League Cup in his 19 years at the club and looked forlorn on the bench as Ross Wallace and Lucas Joao put the hosts two goals up before halftime. Should he rest too many when they haven’t been playing too well anyway?
Sam Hutchinson added a third for Wednesday after the interval to prolong Arsenal’s dismal record at Hillsborough, with Arsene Wenger’s side failing to record a victory in its last six visits. My players don’t do that, they tried everything. The team did everything after we fell a goal behind.
Oxlade-Chamberlain was one of only three players who kept their places, along with Petr Cech and Olivier Giroud, but he went off in the fifth minute after pulling up while running along the touchline.
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Walcott replaced his England team-mate, but he in turn was forced off 13 minutes later with an apparent calf injury.
