After eight defeats, four of them at home, Chelsea are 14 points adrift of that target, four months into the season.
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Leicester’s title odds have gone from a pre-season 2000-1 to 33-1, while Chelsea are three points above the relegation zone in 14th place, 14 points off the top four.
“We dominated the game but one refereeing mistake cost us”, Mourinho said.
He said Chelsea had been undone by a late sucker punch from the Cherries, adding: “We lost the game exactly at the moment where we were the strongest team, in our strongest period”.
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“Stability in performances has a big relation with individual performances and we had today again a couple that you need more, you expect more and they don’t give enough”.
Mourinho also bemoaned Mike Jones” decision not to award Chelsea a penalty when Simon Francis handled and thought Murray’s goal was offside: “The referee made a mistake, the linesman made another mistake and that’s football’.
The Spaniard came on at half-time for the reigning Premier League champions on Saturday evening, but he was unable to prevent them from falling to a 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge.
While Chelsea’s Premier League struggles are evident, the Londoners remain on track to qualify for the Champions League knockout round heading into Wednesday’s Group G showdown with Porto.
He told Omnisport: “Until now, he never said he was unhappy so I think he’s happy. The bad moment is my responsibility and the players’ responsibility”, Mourinho concluded.
“You know, time-outs, stop of the play, asking for a medical department to go in to drink for a minute like in basketball”.
With Dynamo Kiev expected to beat Maccabi Tel Aviv, a win would see Chelsea advance as group winners and a draw in second.
“We started the season with this squad and we have to do better”.
“In the first half we were not aggressive enough, in the second half we arrived in unsafe positions a lot of time with a lot of crosses from the right hand side from Ivanovic. I think it is a clear handball and penalty with the score at 0-0”, he complained. Matic is sent off before half-time for two bookable offences and after assailing referee Jon Moss with expletives during the interval, Mourinho watches the second half from the stands, surrounded by mocking Hammers fans. “I think they are considering a number of candidates”.
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“We didn’t deserve to lose”.
