We did not deserve to lose against Crystal Palace – Mourinho

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has insisted that his team did not deserve to lose against Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Radamel Falcao thought he had rescued at least a point for the Blues, after Sako had given Alan Pardew’s men the lead, but Joel Ward scored almost immediately after to give Palace all three points.

It was Mourinho’s second ever defeat at Stamford Bridge and it came on the occasion of his 100th home game.

He said on BBC Sport: “Congratulations to Palace. It’s a fantastic result for them and a very good performance. We didn’t deserve to lose. But Palace gave us a very difficult game. The result should be a draw, which would still be bad for us. We did enough not to lose. We had good opportunities, a huge penalty appeal at 0-0.

“My two centre-backs and keeper played a very good game. We created lots of chances but we had a couple of players who were not in the game. When the team is not consistent and there aren’t 10 players on the pitch at a certain level it’s difficult. I said before the season, it’d be more difficult to win matches against non-title candidates as they all have good players and good teams – like West Ham winning at Liverpool today.”

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