Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho believes his team's title hopes would already be over if they played in another league.
Crystal Palace's
2-1 win at Stamford Bridge
on Saturday means the champions are eight points behind leaders Manchester City after four games.
"Four points in four matches is a very bad start," said Mourinho, whose side won their first four games last season.
"In another league I would say game over. In the Premier League I don't say game over."
The Portuguese added: "We have eight points less than the leader.
"This is the Premier League and I think it's getting more difficult than before."
| 2014-15 season | 2015-16 season |
|---|---|
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P4, W4, D0, L0, F15, A6 |
P4, W1, D1, L2, F6, A9 |
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Burnley 1-3 Chelsea |
Chelsea 2-2 Swansea |
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Chelsea 2-0 Leicester |
Man City 3-0 Chelsea |
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Everton 3-6 Chelsea |
West Brom 2-3 Chelsea |
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Chelsea 4-2 Swansea |
Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace |
Goals from Bakary Sako and Joel Ward meant Chelsea suffered only their second defeat in Mourinho's 100 home league games in charge at Chelsea. Radamel Falcao had equalised late on, scoring his first goal for the club, but a lack of concentration at the back soon after led to the Palace winner. Mourinho refused to comment on individual performances, but accepted some players were below par. "I'm not happy. I cannot say that I had 11 players performing at the same time," he said. "Two or three of them, their individual performance was far from good. Goals from Bakary Sako and Joel Ward meant Chelsea suffered only their second defeat in Mourinho's 100 home league games in charge at Chelsea. Radamel Falcao had equalised late on, scoring his first goal for the club, but a lack of concentration at the back soon after led to the Palace winner. Mourinho refused to comment on individual performances, but accepted some players were below par. "I'm not happy. I cannot say that I had 11 players performing at the same time," he said. "Two or three of them, their individual performance was far from good. |
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