Mourinho insists Chelsea players have answered ‘stupid’ critics

Chelsea boss, Jose Mourinho, has said that his players replied their critics with a good performance, despite getting knocked out of the League Cup by Stoke City on Tuesday night.

The Blues went behind to Jon Walters’ long-range effort, but Loic Remy equalized in stoppage time, to take the game into extra time.

Stoke held the Premier League champions for the extra 30 minutes with 10 men, after Phil Bardsley was sent off.

They went on to win the game 5-4 on penalties and Mourinho defended his players afterwards.

“What the players did tonight is face some people that write and speak, and said: ‘You are stupid’,” he told reporters.

“What some people write and say is really bad for the players. Maybe they think my players are like them when they were players. My players don’t do that, they tried everything.

“If anyone saw the second half the other day, playing with 10 men the way they did, it’s a lack of respect for the players.”

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