Embattled Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho maintained that the loss was undeserved and said the referee should have awarded a penalty before Bournemouth’s goal when Simon Francis handled.
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The Blues slumped to their eighth Premier League defeat yesterday at the hands of Bournemouth, with the newly promoted side winning 1-0 after Glenn Murray’s late strike.
Jose Mourinho has admitted he is “concerned” by Chelsea’s form and, alarmingly, says a top-six finish is the club’s target while dismissing any talk of a relegation battle following defeat at home to Bournemouth today.
“I think it is at the very top”, said Howe, who must now prepare for next weekend’s visit of Manchester United.
He told Omnisport: “Until now, he never said he was unhappy so I think he’s happy”.
“Punters may wish to use their free bet to back Mourinho to finally get his side on track with a win at league leaders Leicester on Monday week”. On Wednesday we have to win to make sure we are first and qualified.
“Chelsea are not playing with the same level that they played in the past seasons but the Blues have an enormous squad that is capable of beating any European rival”.
“I feel we don’t have the right to ask the club for players, I don’t think so”.
The Serbian could not believe he had contrived to head over the bar from inside the six-yard box after Willian’s second-half cross had been inadvertently helped on by Steve Cook.
“We had enough chances and more than chances we had a lot of half chances and we couldn’t touch the ball, which is disappointing”, Mourinho said.
But despite going better in Europe, it’s their repeated failures in the Premier League that are starting to really annoy Chelsea supporters with their players not looking like they know what to do to get themselves out of the mire. Take part in our poll below… Time-out, stopping the game, asking for the medical department to go on, to have a drink like a minute out in basketball.
As City dropped to third, Arsenal went to second – two points behind Leicester – by halting a three-game winless run with a 3-1 victory over Sunderland that saw Olivier Giroud score for both teams.
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“I don’t think we’ve defended too badly this season, just individual mistakes, a few setbacks and disappointments have come our way”.
