His stars are woefully out of form, his team is only one point clear of the relegation zone and in the midst of the biggest-ever collapse in English soccer.
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The premier league defending champions were defeated by lowly Leicester City with a 2 – 1 thanks to goals from Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez.
“And they have to do everything to get results in a humble way because I don’t think in this moment the players can feel they are top players or they can feel they are superstars”. We have to improve otherwise we will stay near the bottom of the table and Chelsea are not in the right position.
“Let me achieve 40 points and then I will look at the next goal”. This was all during the post-match television interview, where the Blues’ boss frustrations at the team’s performances began to shine through.
In contrast, Vardy’s wonderful season continued as the England striker netted just one game after his record-breaking run of 11 successive league matches with a goal came to an end.
Roman Abramovich, Chelsea’s billionaire Russian owner, is showing previously unseen restraint in not firing Mourinho after the team’s nine losses in 16 league games this season.
After all, it was in this region of the Premier League that he excelled so much for QPR and Newcastle to initially attract Chelsea’s interest.
“I don’t know whether he’s lost them, but something has to change”.
“I don’t think about anything apart from wanting to beat Sunderland [on Sunday NZ time], play my best and that’s it”, added Fabregas.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker has made a promise that most of us probably won’t want to see – by stating he’ll present the show in his underwear if former club Leicester go on to win the Premier League.
“But I feel like my work was betrayed”.
Mourinho gave a more cryptic response to questions about Eden Hazard, who appeared to ignore his manager’s request to continue when the Belgium midfielder limped off with a first-half injury.
“I am not afraid of a big challenge”, Mourinho said. “It was more than they really are”. “All the players believe in each other and help each other, only in this way you can win against the champions”, Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said. My players got all that information and training in the last three days.
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“I don’t want to put a price on them”.
