ESPN are reporting that Jose Mourinho has just two games to save himself from the sack.
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Their first win at Stamford Bridge since 2011 means that Liverpool sit eight in the Premier League standings.
Chelsea’s nightmare start to their title defence got even worse on Saturday as they were beaten 3-1 at home by Liverpool.
Nevertheless, Mourinho appears to retain the support of the club’s supporters, who chanted his name throughout the defeat against Liverpool, which was the club’s third home loss of the campaign.
“The fight goes on, but sometimes there are fights that are very impossible to win”.
Mourinho didn’t have much to say right after the game, and he followed suit in face of a barrage of questions regarding the refereeing from the media in his post-match conference.
“I was told they’re fed up with the way he’s been dealing with a few of them”.
‘There are things that are out of our hands.
Mourinho was clearly angry that decisions had gone against his side, explaining to the BBC: “In the second half something happened that didn’t allow us to win the game”.
He then cryptically added: “And what happened in the second half, everything was the effect of a crucial moment”. But we see it match after match, as professionals, that they’re not getting the respect they deserve.
“You can see that we are playing for the manager”, he said.
Asked to explain what he meant, Mourinho added: “You are all intelligent guys”. If you want to write it, you write it. If you don’t want, you don’t want.
“I think Jose will (still) be in the job”.
“He is a manager who gives you confidence”.
After suffering their fifth top-flight defeat this season away to West Ham last Saturday, defending Capital One Cup champions Chelsea were knocked out of the tournament by Stoke City on penalties three days later.
He said: “Let me tell you what I know on the Chelsea story. Then I will prepare the next training session [on Sunday] morning”.
That handed Liverpool a 2-1 lead and took the wind out of Chelsea’s sails, with substitute Christian Benteke claiming his fourth league goal of the season in a final blow for the hosts.
You said last week you weren’t anxious – are you more anxious now? I’m not sure it was a foul. Maybe in this situation we had a little bit of luck.
Mourinho was fined £50,000 ($76,560, 69,370 euros) and given a suspended one-game stadium ban by the FA earlier this month for criticising the referee following his side’s 3-1 home defeat by Southampton.
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Mourinho: I have nothing, nothing to say.
