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Mourinho Reaching Breaking Point With Chelsea In Disarray by Playwhizard(m): 4:42pm On Oct 25, 2015 |
The Blues looked fragile as tempers flared when things went against
them at Upton Park and, another step back from a top-four
A 2-1 defeat by West Ham is painful enough for Chelsea, leaving the
reigning Premier League champions nine points behind the Hammers
and rapidly running out of a time to make a charge towards the top
four, but more worrying was the air of capitulation in a period of
absolute disarray in the 10 minutes leading up to half-time.
That spell, from the 35th minute until the end of the period, presented
Chelsea as a club at breaking point, with all the frustrations and
annoyances of their poor start to the season bursting out into the
open. By the time that they came out for the resumption, Jose
Mourinho had been banished to the directors' box.
The Portuguese's position harked back to the end of his previous
reign at Stamford Bridge and the chaos in which he left Real Madrid in
2013 before returning to the Blues. The first was a spiral of intrigue,
frustration and whispers that saw Mourinho part company with
Chelsea after an embarrassing Champions League match against
Rosenborg.
At the Santiago Bernabeu, a succession of fallings-out with key
players at the club, including a long-standing disagreement with Iker
Casillas, pushed the 52-year-old towards the exit door. Recent issues
with Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic correspond to the enmity felt
between Mourinho and a number of the players at Madrid, as does the
fact that his whole team were so visibly wound up as soon as
anything started going against them here.
The Portguese has never lasted more than three seasons at a club. His
last spell at Stamford Bridge saw him flame out in late September. At
this rate, with a paltry 11 points from 10 games, he looks increasingly
like he will not last much longer into this season.
The catalyst for Saturday's furious mental collapse was a a Manuel
Lanzini clearance off the line, with the Goal Decision System showing
the ball millimetres from fully crossing the white chalk. Cesc Fabregas
then had a goal disallowed for a tight offside but the real moment of
turmoil came with Nemanja Matic being issued with a second yellow
card for hauling down Diafra Sakho.
From that moment, Chelsea lost all mental control. Fabregas and John
Terry lunged towards the referee, berating the decision to send the
Serbian midfielder to an early bath. Both picked up yellow cards, with
Fabregas dragged off at half-time, evidently deemed in danger of
further losing his temper and turning a dire situation into an
unrecoverable one
But the lack of control also engulfed Mourinho and his coaching staff,
illustrating the desperation in seeing yet another poor result for what
is now a consistently below-par side. Assistant manager Silvino Loura
was the first to lose his cool, with Moss sending him to the stands
shortly after the Matic incident. Mourinho's dismissal took a little
longer, with the Portuguese failing to appear on the manager's bench
for the second half, instead taking a position in the directors' box.
Gary Cahill netted an equaliser shortly after half-time but the goal
brought no smile to Mourinho's mouth, marooned in his position to
the right of the press box, before an Andy Carroll header ended the
contest. That emphatically taken winner had to it an air of
inevitability, with Chelsea yet to regain control following their irate
end to the first half.
Mourinho's first spell at the club ended after a similarly hopeless
game against Rosenborg. At this point in his second, the title can be
all but written off and, nine points behind Slaven Bilic's side - who
were comfortably the better team here - even making the top four is a
monumental task. Whether or not the 'Special One', who has cut an
increasingly frustrated figure, is close to the exit door, this defeat and
the capitulation that went with it felt like a major marker in his reign. |
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