Saturday, 19th April, 2014



Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit out at the Premier League's referees following his side's 2-1 defeat at home against Sunderland today.

The sides had been locked at 1-1 heading into the final ten minutes of the game at Stamford Bridge, however referee Mike Dean then awarded Sunderland a controversial penalty, which Fabio Borini converted.




Mourinho's run of 77 home league games unbeaten with the Blues was over and the Portuguese was left fuming.

He told his post-match media conference: "I will not wait for your questions, but in quick four points I can say what I want to say. You can ask me what you want but I will answer exactly the same way.

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"The first point is to congratulate my players. They did everything they could, they fought from the first to last minute. We praise players after victory and I think it's fair to praise my players after a defeat.

"Secondly, congratulations to Sunderland. It doesn't matter how, or in which way, they won but they won. I think it's also fair to congratulate them.

"Third point, I want to congratulate again. This time Mike Dean. His performance was unbelievable and when referees have unbelievable performances it's fair to congratulate them. He came here with one objective, the objective to make a fantastic performance and he did that.

"Congratulations to Mike Riley, because he is the referees' boss, and what they're doing all season is fantastic, especially in the last few months, especially for the teams involved in the title race, and I also congratulate Mr Riley."

Chelsea remain second in the Premier League on 75 points, two points behind Liverpool, who play Norwich City tomorrow.

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