Chelsea Still Has Quality: Courtois

The players response post-Jose Mourinho will go a long way to revealing what went wrong while the Special One was still at the helms for Chelsea.

By winning easily.

Louis van Gaal finds himself under pressure after a run of just three wins in 12 games, and reports are circulating that Mourinho could come in should the Dutchman bite the bullet.

Some reports have already gone as far as stating that Chelsea’s deal for Hiddink is a done deal but the 69-year old has now gone on to refute such claims.

“The support is good, they are always with us, together”.

Chelsea supporters repeatedly sang Mourinho’s name as Branislav Ivanovic, Pedro Rodriguez and Oscar scored in an unexpectedly convincing victory.

“Where were you when you were (expletive)?”

‘The early goal gave the players a boost of confidence, but the team is still fragile to an extent. “Jose hopes that his future after Chelsea this time will be as successful as when he left the club in 2007”.

Jose Mourinho accused his Chelsea players directly of betraying him BEFORE last Monday’s dramatic defeat at Leicester which sealed his fate.

Sunderland haven’t even performed well in the last two of their three successive losses, with the Black Cats yet again paying the price for a snail-paced start when Chelsea were 2-0 up inside 13 minutes.

Blues clues: Will Abramovich convince club legend Drogba to assist new boss Hiddink? The highly experienced Hiddink managed to put the things right after taking over from Felipe Scolari in 2009, leading the Blues to the FA Cup, reaching the Champions League semi-final and finishing the season in third place.

Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas took the brunt of the venom. A fan banner also accused the Spaniards and Eden Hazard of being “rats”. “You let us down”.

Mourinho spent the day watching Middlesbrough, coached by Aitor Karanka, the Portuguese’s assistant at Real Madrid, play at Brighton and Hove Albion in the Championship while his former charges finally produced a display worthy of champions, having lost nine of their opening 16 matches.

“But I have to be honest, I saw so many poor performances in the first half that I could have changed nearly all the outfield players”.