Jose Mourinho refused to speak to the media after he
was sent to the stands during Chelsea's 2-1 defeat at
West Ham.
The Blues' dreadful season hit a new low as they
imploded at Upton Park with midfielder Nemanja Matic,
first-team coach Silvino Louro and then Mourinho
himself all dismissed.
Earlier this month, Mourinho was fined £50,000 and
given a suspended stadium ban for criticising referee
Robert Madley following their loss to Southampton on
Oct. 3.
And the embattled Blues boss dodged the usual
postmatch news conference after his side slumped to
their fifth defeat in 10 matches.
On Friday, Mourinho said his relationship with the media
would change after phone camera footage of him
walking around in West London was published.
Chelsea's poor afternoon began in the 44th minute when
Matic, already on a yellow card after fouling Mauro
Zarate, cynically brought down Diafra Sakho to earn his
marching orders.
The Blues players surrounded referee Jonathan Moss in
protest with the official eventually booking Fabregas and
Diego Costa.
Mourinho stood impassively on the touchline but, behind
him, the incensed Louro's histrionics saw him removed
from the dugout.
Only when the Portuguese failed to retake his position
pitchside, instead appearing in the stand amidst a flurry
of camera phones did word filter out that he too had
been sent off.
Mourinho already has a suspended stadium ban hanging
over him for previous indiscretions this season and is
now likely to find himself in hot water with the Football
Association once more.
Defender Gary Cahill told BBC Sport: "[The mood in the
dressing room] is not great -- like you'd imagine when
you lose games. Last season we weren't used to it. The
lads are devastated.
"You're left scratching your head sometimes. In the first
half a Cesc Fabregas goal could have been given and we
had a goal that was nearly over the line. That sums up
the way we're going.
"And then we've got the sending-off. Originally we
played on -- we thought the referee had played on.
Maybe the assistant called it back, I'm not sure sure
what's happened there. We've not had the rub of the
green, but we're not feeling sorry for ourselves. We have
to work hard to turn this round.
"Not many words are being said at the moment. I'm
sure we'll reflect in next day or so. We worked really
hard with 10 men and had the majority of the play in the
second half. It's a summary of our season at the
minute."
Hammers manager Slaven Bilic said he had not spoken
to Mourinho since the final whistle.
"I feel for him," the Croatian said. "Decisions from his
point of view have gone against him. I would moan if it
was against us. But they are not mistakes, they are
matters of opinion.
"You can talk about those things. The sending-off I
didn't see. The first one was definitely yellow, the
second one was very far from me, but it looked like
Sakho was already gone.
"But I think second yellows, especially in the first half,
should be 'real' bookings. The disallowed goal? No one
can say onside or offside even when you freeze the
picture.
"But I'm very proud of my team and my club, it's
brilliant to win against the champions."
Already trailing to Zarate's 17th-minute strike, Chelsea
managed to haul themselves level in the 56th minute
after Kurt Zouma and Gary Cahill challenged for
Willian's corner, the ball falling kindly for the latter to
thrash home.
However, West Ham substitute Andy Carroll had the final
say, emerging from the bench to powerfully head in
Aaron Cresswell's cross with 10 minutes left to inflict
another defeat on Chelsea.
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