Mourinho confident he will keep Chelsea job

Jose Mourinho says he does not expect to lose his job following Chelsea’s home defeat against Liverpool.

There was speculation that Mourinho could be sacked as manager if his team were beaten at Stamford Bridge, where the visitors came from behind to win 3-1.

Asked if he expected it to be his last game in charge, Mourinho said: “No I don’t.”

And asked if he believed he will be given more time to turn results around, he said: “Yes, I think so.”

Mourinho had little to say following Chelsea’s sixth league defeat of what has so far been a dismal season.

He refused to comment on the performance of referee Mark Clattenburg and suggestions that Liverpool’s Martin Skrtel and Lucas could both have been sent off.

Mourinho, who was recently fined £50,000 by the FA and subsequently hit with a separate misconduct charge for his comments about match officials, repeatedly said “I will be punished” when asked for his view.

He did, however, declare that his players remained fully behind him.

“I have no doubt about that,” he said. “There are things that are out of our hands, but you could feel the attitude and desire.

“If you saw some individual performances that were below the normal level, and there were not many, they still suffered because they were not able to do more. The team is together.”