16 Aug Man City (A) 0-3

José Mourinho calls the loss a ‘fake result’ but his team are blown away by stronger, fitter, more motivated rivals on a chastening afternoon

29 Aug C Palace (H) 1-2

Chelsea are humbled at home by top-flight middleweights who outplay the champions and win thanks to a Joel Ward goal that points towards troubling times ahead

12 Sep Everton (A) 1-3

Put to the sword by a Steven Naismith hat-trick. ‘It is better not to look at the table,’ says Mourinho. ‘It is the first time I see my team in that position. I don’t look’

3 Oct Southampton (H) 1-3

For the first time Mourinho talks about the possibility of the sack after watching a lifeless display in which his team can do nothing to stop Southampton running amok

24 Oct West Ham (A) 1-2

Season lurches further into turmoil as Mourinho is sent to the stands, Nemanja Matic is sent off and five players are booked in a very public unravelling

31 Oct Liverpool (H) 1-3

Ramires gives Chelsea the lead after four minutes but from that moment on they are second best with a despondent Mourinho barely able to speak afterwards

7 Nov Stoke City (A) 0-1

With Mourinho banned from the stadium his side suffer a third straight league defeat. An incident involving Diego Costa and a steward adds to a sorry afternoon

5 Dec Bournemouth (H) 0-1

‘Maybe now we have to think about the top six,’ says Mourinho, who admits his side’s inconsistency makes Champions League qualification look impossible

14 Dec Leicester City (A) 2-1

The excuses flew thick and fast from the Chelsea manager after the defeat which left the Blues only one point above the relegation zone. Mourinho said his players had betrayed him and can no longer view themselves as superstars and he also rounded on the ballboys, whom he accused of being a “disgrace to the Premier League” for alleged time-wasting