Mourinho鈥檚 future hinges on Porto result
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The heat in the Chelsea kitchen is rising once again and it could become too suffocating for Jose Mourinho to continue if his team goes out of the UEFA Champions League this week.
The Londoners need only a home draw against Mourinho鈥檚 old club Porto tomorrow to reach the knockout stages and, if recent Stamford Bridge displays are anything to go by, the fans face a jittery 90 minutes perched on the edges of their seats.
Remarkably, the Premier League champion has already lost 11 games in all competitions this season, including four at home, and it seems almost inconceivable that its outspoken manager could survive yet another defeat against Porto.
Mourinho has tried every trick in the book in a bid to cajole an improvement from his squad, even briefly leaving out talismen John Terry and Eden Hazard, without any lasting effect.
Midfield linchpin Nemanja Matic summed up the immediate task facing his teammates and the coaching staff. 鈥淲e are in a difficult moment and it is going to be hard to come back from this but we have to try to resolve this situation,鈥 the Serbian international told Chelsea TV.
鈥淚 think we didn鈥檛 deserve to lose the game,鈥 said Matic after Saturday鈥檚 0-1 home defeat by fellow struggler Bournemouth, 鈥渂ut when you don鈥檛 score, you also don鈥檛 deserve to win鈥.
Chelsea had offered false hopes of a revival before the game against Bournemouth, registering three straight clean sheets with a 1-0 home victory against Norwich City, a 4-0 win at Maccabi Tel Aviv and a 0-0 draw at high-flying Tottenham Hotspur.
The main problem, though, has been a complete lack of firepower in attack. Diego Costa is a shadow of the player who tormented defenses 12 months ago and fellow striker Loic Remy seems to be out of favor with Mourinho.
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