Chelsea: Mourinho admits top-four doubts

“I am concerned obviously”.

“Chelsea obviously won’t be fighting for relegation – that’s not the point”.

That might be your view after Chelsea suffered yet another defeat in the shambolic defence of the title they won in May.

Substitute Radamel Falcao cancels out Bakary Sako’s opener with his first Chelsea goal in the 79 minute, only for Ward to notch the victor two minutes later.

“That’s been the problem with Chelsea this season, it’s been like a soap opera”, said Redknapp, also prior to kick-off. ‘We were playing well before these three games but we were still losing – for example at Stoke. “I think it is a clear handball and penalty with the score at 0-0”, he complained.

It gives the players some reward for how hard they have worked. Time-out, stopping the game, asking for the medical department to go on, to have a drink like a minute out in basketball.

Jose Mourinho admits Chelsea need to readjust their targets this term and aim for a top-six finish in the Premier League following Saturday’s 1-0 loss at home against AFC Bournemouth.

Despite their suffering however, Jose Mourinho remains adamant to make good on his promise and will not ask Roman Abramovich for money for emergency signings in January. “They looked so sharp previous year, it looks to me like so many of their players are running in quicksand, that sharpness isn’t there”.

“Surely they shouldn’t be having to play without a striker because Costa is out of form”. “The responsibility for the bad moment is my responsibility and the players’ responsibility”.

Zouma added: “These results have given us confidence”, he explained.

“But in the second half we did that and in our best period, when everybody was waiting for our goal, they score”.

“You can not have bigger details than one penalty that is not given and one goal offside that decides the game”.

█ The referee made an important mistake. “Especially in the second half, the team played more than well enough to win the game”, Chelsea told Sky Sports after the game.