Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was in no mood for conversation following his side's shocking 2-1 defeat to basement-dwellers Sunderland on Saturday - a result which could allow Liverpool to take an insurmountable lead atop the Premier League table with a win over Norwich tomorrow.
His post-match press conference featured the familiar sarcasm that has come to define his time as a manager.
Jose Mourinho: "I will not wait for your questions.I can say everything I want to say..."
— Dan Levene (@BluesChronicle) April 19, 2014
Mourinho: "First I congratulate my players. Secondly congratulations to Sunderland - it doesn't matter how or why they won, but they won."
— Dan Levene (@BluesChronicle) April 19, 2014
Mourinho: "Thirdly I want to congratulate Mike Dean. Fantastic performance. And finally congratulations to Mike Riley - the referees boss."
— Dan Levene (@BluesChronicle) April 19, 2014
That's it. That's all.
The Chelsea boss was clearly making reference to referee Mike Dean's decision to award Sunderland with a late penalty for a questionable foul by Cesar Azpilicueta on Jozy Altidore. Fabio Borini promptly assumed the responsibilites, and condemned the Blues to defeat.
Just Jose being Jose.