Matic denies rift with Mourinho

Wenger was not punished for his comments, but Mourinho was slapped with a fine and a one-match stadium ban for saying that referees were afraid to award his side penalties.

Mourinho is undoubtedly echoing Wenger, who accused Mike Dean of naivety after his Arsenal side lost 2-0 to Chelsea back in September, but avoided any punishment from the FA, per talkSPORT.

Matic had lasted just 27 minutes of Chelsea’s previous league game, against Southampton – Mourinho has since said he wants to rebuild the midfielder’s confidence – while Hazard was told in public he needed to do more defensive work.

Having claimed the Barclays player of the year award last season, Eden Hazard was Chelsea’s golden boy and he publicly stated that he had no intention or desire to leave the club.

“I don’t know what’s going on with the owner and what the circumstances are, but to me at times it looks like he’s begging for the sack”.

Joubert was publicly criticised for his decision by rugby’s world governing body and has not been selected for the World Cup semi-finals.

Mourinho says he sympathises with the Scotland rugby team, who also felt agreed after South African referee Craig Joubert gave Australia a late controversial penalty which sealed the Scots’ fate in the tournament.

While Chelsea continued to look off their best, Mourinho’s side ended their winless run ahead of a tricky midweek trip to face Dinamo Kiev in the Champions League, while Villa’s fifth consecutive Premier League defeat will keep the pressure on Tim Sherwood as they remain in the bottom three. “We hit the post, [should have] had a penalty”, Mourinho said. Join The Roar for live scores of Dynamo Kyiv versus Chelsea FC from 5:45am (AEDT) as we find out.

“First half we probably created enough chances to win the game”. Terry though is confident they can progress to the knockout stages if they win their home games. “We have had too many bad results and hopefully now we can move in the right direction”.

Skipper John Terry said: “We haven’t got the result we wanted but the desire is there and the hunger is there”.

Chelsea’s next Champions League fixture is a return clash with Dynamo at Stamford Bridge on November 4. “But, game by game we will be better and better, because we have quality”.

“We are third, but we are in a stable position”.