Jose Mourinho has backed Chelsea players to bounce back from their first defeat of the season, stating that they are the best team around.
Papiss Cisse scored twice, as Newcastle inflicted a 2-1 defeat on the Blues on Saturday, ending any hopes of an unbeaten campaign.
Mourinho, who blamed Newcastle’s ball boys after the match, also claimed everyone else was envious of their league status.
“We are top of the league,” he said. “Nobody has done better than us. Everyone would like to be in our position. So we are more than fine. We are better than anybody else.”
“I will back them [the players] to bounce back. For people like me who have been in football for so long, you have to accept this anomaly.
“To come here and be better than our opponents and lose, that is football.
“I don’t say my team is the best, I say my team is top of the league and, at this moment, nobody has the same points we have. Because of that, at the moment we’re the best team in the Premier League.”
Mourinho also added that his players were “accepting the defeat as part of the game” saying they had “tried everything, were unlucky and are not happy with that.”
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