Mourinho was expected to take training as scheduled on Sunday, having told reporters after the Liverpool game that he would soon begin preparations for Wednesday’s match with Dynamo.
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Chelsea suffered their sixth league defeat of the season on Saturday, falling 3-1 to Liverpool at Stamford Bridge, and it is understood that Mourinho’s tenure at Stamford Bridge could be cut short before the global break later this month.
Even to his backroom staff Mourinho pointed to the referee’s failure to give a second yellow card to Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva. A long time. I was not here, I was on holiday when Liverpool won the last game away so that’s it, that’s the situation. It gave Jurgen Klopp his first league win as the manager of the Reds and piled on the misery for Chelsea, who now has six losses from 11 games.
Abramovich was absent from Stamford Bridge so did not witness the defeat or hear the defiant and supportive chants from the home faithful.
Mourinho hinted at his frustrations in post-match interviews, but said he could not expand on his thoughts. Nobody. I never felt pressure. We had to fight and we did that.
“Philippe is a great player”, Klopp told BT Sport. “Of course we still have a lot to improve, especially in the way he wants us to play, but it’s better improving when you are winning games”.
And how the hell is Jose Mourinho and Chelsea going to get out of this mess?
The Liverpool manager was immediately asked afterwards if the result put Liverpool back in the title picture, although the Merseyside outfit sit eight points of Manchester City and Arsenal – the Gunners trailing on goal difference alone.
The BBC report that the Chelsea boss is set to become embroiled in the fallout from her exit from the club. “Two minutes extra time, we concede the goal on two minutes 35 seconds and then what happened in the second half. Who can’t love Phil Coutinho?” said Klopp. It is much more hard. I’m not sure it was a foul. “We have to do better but today we played our game, good win – let’s go home”. Maybe in this situation we had a bit of luck.
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Mourinho is said to be the subject of “individual legal action” as Carniero sues the Blues for constructive dismissal.
