London: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho admitted that he risked the sack after a 1-3 home defeat by Southampton on Saturday left the Premier League champions 10 points off the pace.


Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho

"If the club wants to sack me, they have to sack me, because I am not running away," Mourinho told Sky Sports in an extraordinary post-match interview at Stamford Bridge. "It is a crucial moment in the history of this club because if the club sacks me, they sack the best manager this club had and the message is bad results and the manager is guilty.