Chelsea Terpuruk ke Peringkat 16, Empat Kali Kalah di Liga Premier Inggris
Moody Blues: Mourinho`s Mire Deepens as Chelsea Lose Fourth League Game
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
JUARA bertahan Liga Premier Inggris bakal kesulitan mempertahankan dominasinya atas kekalahan 3-1 dalam laga kandang oleh Southampton.
Willian sempat memberi keunggulan pada The Blues untuk memimpin pertandingan, yang mencetak gol melalui tendangan bebas di menit 10 tapi The Saints berhasil memutar balik keadaan.
Steven Davis, Saido Mane dan Graziano Pelle mencetak gol bagi keunggulan tim tamu untuk mendorong Chelsea terpuruk ke peringkat 16 di tabel klasemen sementara.
Pelatih Jose Mourinho telah mencoba semuanya. Dia mengkritik pemainnya dan mempertanyakan sikap mereka.
Dia juga meningkatkan kekuatan pertahanan, dan meningkatkan moril skuad asuhannya, hingga membela mereka ketika terpuruk.
Dia menarik beberapa pemain dan meninggalkan yang lain kembali ke London ketika tim berada di Portugal.
Pada laga Sabtu, ia coba mengembalikan kapten klub John Terry ke tim inti, tapi gagal, ia pun kembali harus menelan kekalahan.
Kemudian ia menurunkan Nemanjic Matic pada babak pertama dan menariknya keluar setelah laga berlangsung 28 menit. Dipermalukan sang bos, Matic bahkan menolak ajakan Mourinho untuk jabatan tangan, seperti dilansir MailOnline.
PREMIER League champions Chelsea's limp title defence continued with a 3-1 defeat at home by Southampton.
Willian put the Blues ahead, scoring a free-kick on 10 minutes but Saints turned things round.
Steven Davis, Saido Mane and Graziano Pelle scored the visitors' goals to see Chelsea 16th in the table.
Jose Mourinho has tried it all. He has criticised his players and questioned their attitude.
He has then back pedalled and killed them with kindness, defending them after defeats.
He has dropped some players and left others back in London when the team was in Portugal.
On Saturday, he went for restoring club captain John Terry to the line-up, to no avail; he was hopelessly exposed again.
Then he brought on Nemanjic Matic at half time and took him off again after 28 minutes. Humiliated, Matic wasn't even offered a handshake from his manager.
