Jose Mourinho concerned by Chelsea performance

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho admits that he has made "11 mistakes" after watching his team slump to a 2-0 defeat against Newcastle at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon.

The Blues should have enjoyed their return to Premier League action after a win against Arsenal in the Capital One Cup and a fantastic result against Man City last weekend in the league.


However, it was a poor showing from the Blues and Mourinho admits that his team's away form is a concern.


"I made 11 mistakes," Mourinho said. "I should pick the other 11 and not this one and it’s the feeling I have when my team plays so bad. Of course I’m exaggerating because I had some players in good form, but the feeling is that I made 11 wrong choices. 


"We were too soft with and without the ball, but especially with it because we had it for a long time. We gave them 45 minutes of a friendly and it was only when they scored the goal we had a reaction. I think it was a really bad performance by us.


 "It is tough at Newcastle. I have never won here and I had teams that were champions. It’s difficult. They are a fantastic crowd who are always behind the team, but you have to come here with a certain kind of mentality if you want to win matches, and today we didn’t come with that mentality.


"I am worried. I saw the previous years and the same thing happened, the team was successful in cup competitions and they were not successful in the Premier League. They finished 15 points, 20 points behind the league leaders."