Jose Mourinho: The Worst Results Ever In My Career
Jose Mourinho admitted to the gravity of Chelsea FC’s situation after they lost to Everton
Chelsea FC boss Jose Mourinho cut a solemn figure in his post-match interview after his side slumped to their third defeat in five Premier League games as Everton ran out 3-1 victors.
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Mourinho could not escape the realisation that his club have only mustered four points so far this season and accepted that this is possibly the most tricky spot in his career.
"The results are the worst results ever in my career. I am not happy but I am coping well with the situation. The priority is to keep doing what we are doing, the players are feeling enough sadness."
The last time Mourinho had garnered four points in the first four games was in his terminal campaign at Real Madrid. However, Madrid would go on to win the fifth fixture which the Blues failed to accomplish.
Chelsea have made their worst start to a campaign since 1988 and risk seeing their title chances vanish unless a miraculous turn around is achieved. It is simply hard to believe that a squad that cantered to Premier League triumph last season could experience such a dramatic reversal in fortunes.
When asked whether he is feeling the pressure, the boss refused to accept that his job is at risk.
"I am coping well. I am not feeling pressure. The refugees are under big pressure…I am the man for the job. I don’t think there is better man who could do my job."
This is a classic Jose Mourinho statement and one that certainly does put the club’s situation in perspective. It is all been rather doom and gloom around Stamford Bridge but when considered alongside a genuine real-life crisis, football is just football in the end.
This is a footballing crisis, though, and there are few other people who are as suitable for the job than Mourinho. He has repeatedly proven his worthiness of his ‘Special One’ moniker and the Blues will need something very special for this campaign to be regarded as a successful one.
After taking a more direct approach to addressing his team’s performance in previous weeks, the boss refused to criticise his charges following the Everton game instead indicating that fate is Chelsea’s biggest enemy at the moment.
"I don’t blame my players…I am with the players, I cannot be against them, I cannot have a bad feeling with them, that’s what makes me happy…We don’t deserve this result. The biggest concern is that everything goes against us. We are making mistakes but we are punished immediately."
The important thing here is that Mourinho is not blaming bad officiating, underhand opposition tactics or any of that dark arts nonsense. Jose is stating that the Blues are just catching all the bad breaks, a sentiment highlighted in yesterday’s game. Steven Naismith was on the bench but featured solely due to a forced substitution after Muhamed Besic was injured in the 9th minute. The Scot would go on to bag the decisive hattrick.
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Now, this is not to say that Chelsea could not have done more to prevent Everton’s goals or that they would have won if Besic had not been injured, but it is a bit of an unfortunate thing to have occurred. Everton were great and deserved to win but Naismith’s involvement is perhaps a signal that it will not be Chelsea’s year.
As for the title, Mourinho admits that it is no longer at the behest of the Blues.
"The title? I don’t know. It’s out of our hands."
Eleven points behind Manchester City after five games supports this statement. It is hard to see where Chelsea’s campaign will head next but Wednesday’s Champions League fixture against Maccabi Tel-Aviv is now exceptionally important.
I’ll sign off with the boss reinstating what we do know, at least for the time being.
"I am sorry, until somebody wins the league we are the champions."
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