On whether Mourinho had been missed at the stadium, Begovic explained the manager had given his briefing at the team hotel before they left for the Britannia.
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It was from a wing that Stoke created Marko Arnautovic’s punishing goal. With the west London side losing yet another game, the Portuguese manager will know that his side are in bottom half of the table at the moment and have failed to find any sort of consistency in their play. Sources say that only “a handful” of first-team players remain behind Mourinho.
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Mourinho has now suffered seven defeats in the opening 12 games of Chelsea’s Premier League title defence and the latest setback came on Saturday as Stoke City ran out 1-0 winners.
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He said: “This time we’ve played at Chelsea at home, it’s a full house at night and it’s on TV and you want to win … now we have to do it every week”.
He thanked Chelsea fans for showing their support during the match when they clapped, sang and cheered for him at Stamford Bridge.
The defeat dropped Chelsea to fifth from bottom, astonishingly hovering three points above the relegation zone and placing further question marks over the manager’s future at the club he led to championship glory just six months ago.
“Personally I have never had any problems at all with referees”, said the 34-year-old Scot.
Kurt Zouma has revealed Jose Mourinho was on the phone to the Chelsea dressing-room at half-time at Stoke – and congratulated them after the game.
Chelsea midfielder Nemanja Matic admits the Blues must work together or face real trouble as their situations worsens.
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“We might not be at last year’s level when it comes to our performances, but we are all together as a team”. If he’s lost the dressing room, and I think he has, he’s not getting it back so what’s to gain from giving him a stay of execution?
