The Portuguese coach says his side did not deserve to lose Saturdays game - their first loss of the season - and believes the referee failed to control the hosts time wasting Jose Mourinho has blamed Newcastle s ball boys for ending Chelseas unbeaten start to the season with what he perceived as time- wasting at St James Park on Saturday. A double from substitute Papiss Cisse put the hosts ahead and, despite the Magpies being reduced to 10 men and Didier Drogba scoring with time to spare, the Blues were unable to find a late equaliser to cling into their record. And the Portuguese boss was furious with the home sides ball boys and their delaying tactics, even suggesting that the match officials should have awarded more than the six minutes of stoppage time that was added on. We wanted to play more football, but that was not possible because a few things that I thought didnt belong any more to top level football but still belongs - the ball disappears, the ball doesnt come, another ball comes, the ball boys they run away, Mourinho told BT Sport . These are the kinds of situation which our unfortunately still part of the game. You didnt see that the ball disappeared? They keep the ball, they hide the ball, we want to play, no ball. When one ball comes the second ball appears again. This kind of strategy. He added to BBC Sport : My team lost the way I like to lose which is to give everything and being unlucky. Only one team played to win. After the second goal the team lost their emotional balance. A point was the minimum we deserved. There could have been 20 minutes stoppage time but the situation would have been the same because things were happening outside the four lines that the referee couldnt control. The referee cant punish the ball boy who disappeared with the ball, the referee couldnt punish the people in the crowd who kept the ball. Im not obsessed with records and statistics, thats not for me, I want to win the league. The loss ends Chelseas hopes of emulating Arsene Wengers Arsenal Invincibles, but they remain top of the league, ahead of second-placed Manchester City.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 20:45:23 +0000
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