Mourinho heading over the edge
The Chelsea manager has used the referee’s decisions as a scapegoat for his squad’s poor performances on a near-weekly basis so far this season. However, the trip to Upton Park provided what seemed to have been the last straw, in Mourinho’s own mind at least.
A combination of the disallowed goal for Fabregas and the red card shown to Matic on the stroke of halftime enraged the visitors’ dugout, with assistant coach Silvino Louro immediately dismissed from the sidelines among the chaos on-field. The issue was nowhere close to being over there though, as reports would later reveal that during the break Mourinho himself would try to enter the referee’s dressing room, forced from there out to watch his team fall to a fifth defeat of the campaign among the supporters.
For better or worse, Mourinho and his staff refused any interviews with the media following the match, but following these events we should probably expect to see a lot more of the ‘Special One’ looking on from the stands in the coming weeks.
José Mourinho’s 11 points in 10 games is worse than David Moyes’ worst run for Man Utd – (14 points in 10 games). pic.twitter.com/rWUnZPJxic
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Payet ravages the champions
West Ham’s new star arrival has looked best against the big opponents and last night was no exception. Against an opposition defence that has been horrid when put against quick and creative movement into the box, the full range of Payet’s abilities were on show as the heartbeats of the onlooking Chelsea faithful would quicken a bit every time he was on the ball.
Once more the integral factor in the home side’s attacking movement, the 28-year-old took four shots on goal of his own, while creating two key chances and sending nine crosses into the box. A brilliant back-heel touch which put Manuel Lanzini through on goal probably also deserved a goal, yet the eventual attempt was hit over the bar.
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