The Brazil global ended a wait of 710 minutes for a Premier League goal when he curled home the equaliser at the end of the first half at Stamford Bridge.
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Mourinho hinted at his frustrations in a BBC interview, but said he could not expand on his thoughts. Nobody. I never felt pressure. The fight goes on, but sometimes there are fights very impossible to win. There are a few fights that you can not win. “I can play against any team or manager”.
Next he was asked about Lucas avoiding a second yellow for a foul on Ramires. You don’t think about the summer of 2016. You are not punished by the FA. “I’m punished if I tell you”, he said.
“There are things that are out of our hands”.
Chelsea’s defenders stood off Coutinho and Benteke for the two late goals that decided the game, but Mourinho, who substituted Eden Hazard in the 58th minute after another off-colour display, said he was in “no doubt” that the players were still behind him.
“The support we got from the fans throughout the game was unbelievable. We will see what we can do”.
“As professionals they are not getting the respect they deserve”. If you want to write, you write.
The Blues have now lost six of their 11 league games and are languishing four points above the relegation zone, prompting more debate about how long Mourinho can survive the axe from owner Roman Abramovich.
“Or I give you a few five percent of personality so you can say what you see, you are not afraid of it”.
Despite the defeat, there are no talks, according to Sky sources, taking place within the club’s hierarchy regarding the manager’s future, and that the Portuguese is “planning as usual” for Wednesday’s Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev.
“In the second half it was an open game, we got a little bit more of the game and made our goals in two flawless moments for us”.
Asked what happens next, he admitted it wouldn’t be a pleasant evening and added: “I will go home, find a sad family and try to watch a few of the rugby and disconnect a little bit from this. Then I will prepare the next training session [on Sunday] morning”.
Coutinho believes Klopp has restored confidence to the Liverpool squad after succeeding Brendan Rodgers in the Anfield hotseat. I’m not sure it was a foul. So we could change the situation. We needed a few minutes to come into it and Chelsea made their goal – one of those odd situations where there were four against two in the corner and they made the cross.
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“We don’t think about this”.
