Eventually it came, even if it wasn't anywhere near as likely as Crystal Palace scoring after Chelsea had once again left so much space to exploit around their box. Yet another poor performance by Jose Mourinho's team saw the manager finally criticise himself -- albeit with a caveat, because he was also criticising some of his players.
"I blame myself not to change one of them, because I kept him in the game for 90 minutes," Mourinho said after a 2-1 defeat to Palace that also marked what is just his second league defeat at Stamford Bridge; it also came on the occasion of his 100th league game there.
Mourinho didn't name who that was, but it could have been any one of a series of players, as so few of them rose to that occasion or indeed the standard required of pretty much any game.
Branislav Ivanovic was abysmal, with Yannick Bolasie the latest in a growing list of forwards to rip him apart on the wing. Cesc Fabregas was dismally lightweight, completely unable to dictate the game in the way he is supposed to do. Eden Hazard was barely able to get into the match, a far cry from last season or Mourinho's now-ludicrous-looking claim that the Belgian is anywhere close to Cristiano Ronaldo's level.
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