Chelsea’s woe of poor form continues when on Saturday West Ham decimated the Blues line up, 2-1 in a match that saw coach Jose Mourinho sent to the stands for his ill-temper behaviour.
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Chelsea’s under-fire boss is also appealing against a 50,000 pounds fine and a suspended one-match stadium ban after he said referees were “afraid” to award his team penalties following the home defeat by Southampton earlier this month. My players don’t do that, they tried everything. “My general situation is fantastic”, the 52-year-old told reporters after the game.
But Mourinho said he was relaxed, saying he could sleep easily at night and saying he had not sought out owner Roman Abramovich for clarification about his position. “I’m going to enjoy my day”.
Jose Mourinho faces a crucial period as Chelsea manager after being hit with another misconduct charge by the Football Association, prompting calls for an urgent summit to address his relationship with match officials.
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And the Portuguese says his players deserved to make it through and will be frustrated with the result.
“That is really sad; not sad for me but sad for the players”.
Stoke’s plight deteriorated further shortly after when Phil Bardsley picked up a second booking to leave his team playing extra-time with only 10 men.
“In the third minute of extra-time you think you’ve got the job done but you can never switch off and unfortunately we made a mistake in our marking and the ball fell to them which shouldn’t happen at that late stage”.
Wednesday completed victory six minutes into the second half when Barry Bannan’s free-kick found Tom Lees in acres of space at the back post and he volleyed across goal for Hutchinson to score with his knees.
The manager – who also revealed the rib injury that forced striker Diego Costa off in the first half had seen the striker go to hospital – added: “In my case, in your eyes, results are everything”.
Mourinho admitted it would be “difficult” to pick up his players after yet another disappointing defeat, but once more insisted they played well on Tuesday night.
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‘Now, people say results are the most important thing.
