There was, though, no emergency meeting scheduled for Wednesday, when the club’s position was unchanged as Mourinho took training at Cobham after the squad were back from a day off.
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Simeone has done a terrific job at Atletico Madrid having led them to the La Liga title in 2013/14 as well as the Champions League final that season, where they narrowly missed out on the European crown to city rivals Real.
Chelsea’s demise has been one of the stories of the season, with last year’s champions just a point above the drop zone with nearly half of the season gone.
The Blues are 20 points behind leaders Leicester and 14 off the Champions League places, with a crucial last-16 tie against Paris St-Germain to come in that tournament.
“I am not saying you can’t have a bad season and bad games but the attitude must be spot on”.
“The only thing I can say is that I want to be the manager”, Mourinho said.
After Monday’s loss to the high flying Leicester, Mourinho, in his post match interview, stated that Chelsea have “no chance of top four”.
“When we make defensive mistakes we are punished”.
Mahrez, whose Leicester have only lost once in 15 Premier League matches, added: “What we’re doing is very good for English football, you can see that even without big stars you can do something”.
And he says that throwing money at the problem during next month’s transfer window is not the answer – and instead his players must regain their pride by first accepting they are playing at the same level as Sunderland.
“If you are a big player, and paid like a big player, you must play like a big player and behave like a big player”, said Spain midfielder Fabregas. “I always watch Barcelona on TV at home because I like how they play”.
“When people mention me and Messi together it’s fantastic, because to me Messi is the best of the best”. But in the situations I identify, we concede the first and second goal.
“At the moment we are in a zone where I feel ashamed”, said the Portuguese. “It helps us to keep going in the right direction”.
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“They work and help each other to do their best, then we know Riyad and Jamie are our credit card”.
