However, this season they have already lost the same amount of
league matches as they did in the last two campaigns combined, and their
hopes of a top-four finish look bleak.
Mourinho sacked as Chelsea manager(Independent)
Jose Mourinho was sacked as manager of Premier League champions Chelsea on Thursday after a calamitous run of results left the London club one point above the relegation zone.
"Chelsea Football Club and Jose Mourinho have today parted company by mutual consent," the club said on their official Twitter account.
The 52-year-old Portuguese returned to Stamford Bridge for a second stint in charge in 2013 and last season led them to the title and a League Cup triumph.
Chelsea were beaten 2-1 by surprise leaders Leicester City on Monday, their ninth defeat in 16 league matches.
Ahead
of this weekend's home game with Sunderland, they have managed only 15
points during their worst start to a season since being relegated in
1978-79.
Media speculation had been mounting about
Mourinho's position and it reached a crescendo after Monday's defeat
when he accused some of the players of "betraying his work".
Mourinho
won back-to-back titles for Chelsea during his first spell in charge
from 2004-07 before falling out of favour with the club's Russian owner
Roman Abramovich.
He was welcomed back as a
returning hero in 2013 after spells at Inter Milan and Real Madrid and
soon delivered a third league title.
However, this
season they have already lost the same amount of league matches as they
did in the last two campaigns combined, and their hopes of a top-four
finish look bleak.
Few could have envisaged their
spectacular slump and although the fans have remained loyal to him, the
defeat at Leicester proved to be his final match in charge.
The
season has followed a similar pattern to Mourinho's previous dismissal
eight years ago, although he was given a little longer to reverse their
fortunes this time.
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