I Am Disappointed With Chelsea' Loss To Bournemouth - Jose Mourinho

The blues were stunned by lowly Bournemonth with just 8 minutes left in the game. Just like their lost against Stoke, Chelsea gave all their best but refused to make it count. The blues slumped to the 8th defeat of the season and are 17 points behind the league leader.

Chelsea's season plunged new depths on Saturday with a chastening evening against Bournemouth as Jose Mourinho all but ruled out a top four finish.

Substitute Glenn Murray’s winner eight minutes from time confirmed the Premier League champion’s eighth defeat of a disastrous title defence.


It leaves Chelsea only three points clear of the relegation zone and 17 behind table toppers Leicester City - although the manager still maintains he will not be sacked.

‘Before the game I was still thinking we could finish top four,’ Mourinho said. ‘Everybody lost points, and only Leicester are consistent in victories. I was feeling like we could go into a period like that and I’m really disappointed with this result.

‘Let’s win the next game and forget targets because with our inconsistency it is difficult.

‘We were a bit passive in the first half - we were not intense enough to create problems, but in the second half we did that. Everybody was waiting for our goal and they go there and score.’

Mourinho’s side have won just twice since September and scored once in the three games.

Regardless, the Portuguese will refuse to go to owner Roman Abramovich with a begging bowl for funds to sign a striker next month.

‘We don’t have the right to ask the club for players. I don’t think so,’ he added. ‘We started the season with this squad and we have to do better. This is more about players doing better than the club going to the market.

‘People must feel responsibilities. We had a lot of half chances and we couldn’t touch the ball. If you are in the box you have to attack the ball.’

Mourinho also bemoaned Mike Jones’ decision not to award Chelsea a penalty when Simon Francis handled and thought Murray’s goal was offside: ‘The referee made a mistake, the linesman made another mistake and that’s football.’

He has been without Radamel Falcao for five weeks with an unspecified muscle injury but cannot put a time frame on the striker’s return.

‘We have a good striker in Diego [Costa], in [Loic] Remy - they proved last season that they could score the goals. I don’t speak about Falcao because he is injured for a long time. The reality is that they are not scoring enough goals for us.’