José Mourinho’s post-match interview after Chelsea 1-3 Liverpool: full transcript
A defiant José Mourinho has insisted he expects to remain as Chelsea’s manager despite a sixth defeat of his team’s title defence, with the Portuguese suggesting the loss to Liverpool owed much to a refereeing oversight.
The champions’ early lead was overhauled by Jürgen Klopp’s side, with the visitors’ overall dominance reflected in the second-half goals that secured them a first Premier League victory under their new German manager.
Roman Abramovich was not at Stamford Bridge to witness his team’s third home defeat of the season and the club’s support of the manager, expressed in a recent vote of confidence, is understood to be retained for now.
Yet the pressure to instigate a recovery and start climbing the table back towards the Champions League places is mounting with every setback and there has been precious little evidence, to date, that Mourinho is capable of sparking that revival. Asked if he feared this would prove to have been his last match in charge of Chelsea, he said: “No, I don’t. I have no doubt [the players are still performing for him]. If some individual performances were below a normal level, there were not many. A maximum a couple. Even these ones, they suffered because they are not able to do more.
“The team is together, he said.
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