Jose Mourinho has brushed aside the abuse that Chelsea receive on social media and the fact that his team are rated the worst behaved on the pitch.
He reckons the abuse is because people are bored with his team being top of the table for so long.
And he believes that the Premier League and Football Association match assessors are being too well fed and watered at Chelsea to get their reports right.
Chelsea, seven points clear at the top of the Premier League table as they go into tonight’s clash with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, are rated the club that gets most abuse on Twitter, Facebook and other social media internet sites.
But the Chelsea manager said: “Why do we get this? It’s because we are boring. We have been top of the league since day one. That’s something that in this country people don’t like.
“Everyone would love the Premier League to be like the Championship right now, with four teams separated by a couple of points, where nobody knows who is going to be promoted or in the play-offs.
“I know this would be the ideal scenario in the Premier League, but since day one we are there at the top. We are trying not to allow that scenario to happen. We have a big determination to be champions.” More seriously, Chelsea scored the lowest mark in the Premier League on ‘respect towards referees’ – with Liverpool having the best.
But the Chelsea manager, who expects to have striker Loic Remy back to lead his attack tonight, had a tongue in cheek response.
“These delegates are the same ones who do the evaluation of the referees’ performances, and I read those every week. Is someone going to take ten points off us because of this?,” said Mourinho.
“To me, it depends on the food and drink. We are going to have to change our catering because many times the delegates don’t see the games. Really. I think they stay eating and drinking.
“The only one I met was the phenomenal guy who made the report on the Nemanja Matic situation when we played Burnley. And that one, for sure, had sushi, lobster...everything. Champagne of high quality- Cristal. Everything.
“Maybe our food is too good. We have the best catering and the best drink. Maybe we should give them bread and water next season.” When Matic was dismissed against Burnley for retaliation, Chelsea were furious that PL match delegate Steve Greaves’ report backed referee Martin Atkinson’s decisions in the game on February 21.
But Mourinho insists that the charge against his players, that they repeatedly surround referees and officials, is not correct, despite the damning statistics.
He said: “It’s not true. I know that if a lie is repeated and repeated, there is a risk that it becomes true in people’s eyes. But I disagree. A lie is a lie. No problem.”
If they win, Chelsea will move 10 points clear of nearest challengers Arsenal, who meet Reading in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley also this evening
But he believes it would be just another step towards the 11 points his team needs to secure their third title under his leadership.
Mourinho said: “For me this season the Premier league is not boring – it is more difficult than ever.
“There are different kinds of domination. We have always been top, but we went to eight points difference, and then down to zero. Now we are 12 points ahead of Manchester City. It has been very difficult, every game. In the last nine matches, we have not won by more than one goal.
“I don’t care by how much we win it – I just want to be champion. One point is enough for me. At the end of the day, it’s a title.”
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