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Jose Mourinho's misery continues on return to former club in Champions League
Matt McGeehan

Chelsea have now lost five matches before October for the first time in 37 years
Jose Mourinho's return to former club Porto ended in a 2-1 Champions League defeat as Chelsea's miserable start to the season continued.
Chelsea lost to Porto on Mourinho's first return in 2004-05 and history repeated itself at Estadio do Dragao as Andre Andre and Maicon scored either side of Willian's free-kick in the Group G clash.
Eden Hazard dropped to the substitutes bench alongside captain John Terry and Nemanja Matic as Mourinho proved there were no untouchables in his squad.
His hardline approach also followed his outspoken criticism of his players' attitude, but Mourinho's words did not have the desired effect as Chelsea looked vulnerable throughout.
Yacine Brahimi waltzed inside Branislav Ivanovic and behind Pedro, then fired in a shot which Asmir Begovic punched only as far as Andre, who hooked the ball in.
Willian replied with a delightful curling free-kick on the stroke of half-time, but then woeful defending allowed Maicon to head in a corner seven minutes into the second half.
Diego Costa hit the bar, but Porto placed Chelsea under siege and the visitors were grateful to goalkeeper Asmir Begovic for some crucial interventions and a Danilo header came off the post.
Mourinho, who won the 2004 Champions League with Porto, was scathing in his criticism following Saturday's 2-2 draw at Newcastle, which left the defending champions 14th in the Premier League with two wins from seven games.
He appears no closer to finding the answers to Chelsea's poor form.
Costa returned up front after serving two games of a three-match domestic ban, but Hazard, Matic and Terry were substitutes and Loic Remy, Radamel Falcao and Oscar were not even selected to travel.
Mourinho once made a statement at Real Madrid by dropping Iker Casillas and a rotten relationship ensued.
The Blues boss issued a curt reply in relation to Casillas, now the Porto goalkeeper, on the eve of the match, saying he would greet him - probably in the frosty manner he met Arsene Wenger at Stamford Bridge 10 days ago.
Casillas seemed keen to prove a point on his record 152nd Champions League appearance and saved from Cesc Fabregas and then denied Pedro one on one. Pedro should have scored.
Sloppy Chelsea struggled to find any fluidity as Porto probed down Chelsea's right.
Ivanovic avoided punishment for a clumsy challenge on Vincent Aboubakar and, down Chelsea's left, Maxi Pereira shot across goal.
Brahimi next easily cut inside Ivanovic and evaded the back-tracking Pedro before firing a shot which Begovic could only palm out as far as Andre, who volleyed in.
Chelsea equalised after Ramires earned a soft free-kick. Willian curled in from 20 yards, with Casillas flat-footed.
Porto were ahead again with defending uncharacteristic of a Mourinho team, but becoming increasingly familiar this season.
Ruben Neves floated in a corner and Maicon got in front of Ramires, Gary Cahill and Costa to head in at the near post.
Costa beat Casillas with a fine effort which ricocheted off the bar before Hazard replaced John Obi Mikel and soon fired into the side-netting.
Porto piled on the pressure, with Begovic saving from Giannelli Imbula and then scrambling clear at the feet of Brahimi.
Ivanovic headed wide from a Willian corner, but Porto went closer when Danilo's header hit a post.
Costa wanted a handball in the area against Marcano and Kenedy fired wide late on after Costa made space as Chelsea fell to defeat.

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Guardian:

Maicon downs Chelsea as Mourinho’s return to Porto ends in defeat
Porto 2 - 1 Chelsea

Dominic Fifield at Estádio do Dragão

José Mourinho scowled out from the fringes of his technical area, hands planted deep in his pockets as the locals who used to rejoice in his presence poured scorn on his side. Rarely can the Chelsea manager have felt so helpless. The Premier League champions were overwhelmed at times, their attempts at defence reduced to wreckage as Porto, rampant amid the din, sliced through them at will.
The London club may still recover from this defeat to emerge from the group but their campaign, two months in, seems gripped by panic. Theirs were all familiar frailties. The sight of Branislav Ivanovic flailing desperately to claw back a winger has become a sorry if regular feature of this team’s displays since the start of the season.
Likewise, quick-footed creative talents have exposed the spaces permitted by the absence of an effective defensive shield in the centre too often already this term, just as Yacine Brahimi did so thrillingly at the Dragão while Danilo, Giannelli Imbula and André André rampaged forward at the Algerian’s side.
This was the seventh time in 10 competitive games that Chelsea have conceded at least twice, the defensive surety they once considered their forte fast becoming a thing of the past. What is even more disturbing than those clear deficiencies is the manager’s inability, as yet, to solve the issues undermining his side.
 
Chelsea have tried optimistically declaring “business as normal”, crossing their fingers in the hope that last year’s key performers recall the qualities that allowed them to secure the Premier League title and League Cup so impressively. When that did not work, Mourinho went the other way and was publicly critical of his players, most notably questioning their “attitude, desire and commitment” in the wake of Saturday’s slack draw at Newcastle.
Now he has even tried mixing and matching his selection, carrying through his threat to withdraw senior stalwarts by dropping Nemanja Matic and Eden Hazard to join John Terry kicking his heels on the bench. A trio of forward thinkers – Oscar, Loïc Rémy and Radamel Falcao – did not even travel to Portugal – and yet the mess remains.
The indecision that has dogged them all season manifested itself with skewed defensive headers or jittery clearances – and cost them both of Porto’s goals.
Ivanovic has become the fall guy only because he is being exposed more brutally than anyone else, but his form is in tatters. It was the Serb who allowed Brahimi to turn inside far too easily six minutes from the interval, Pedro tentative and reluctant to muster a challenge inside the area, with the forward spitting a shot round Kurt Zouma.
Asmir Begovic was perhaps unsighted but the save he managed with his right hand was weak, the ball merely looping to André, who crunched a volley through the goalkeeper’s attempt to recover before Gary Cahill could block.
Then there was the set piece that restored the home side’s lead soon after the interval, Ivanovic having been exposed by a lofted pass down the flank and Cesc Fàbregas bamboozled by Brahimi’s quick feet. Zouma conceded the corner but Rúben Neves’ ball to the near post should not have threatened.
Instead, Maicon burst away from Ramires and guided a neat header inside Begovic’s upright, with the goalkeeper slow to react. It was the kind of slackness that made Willian’s delicious equaliser, a free-kick curled beyond the static Iker Casillas from distance in first-half stoppage time, seem utterly irrelevant. Danilo, completely unmarked at Miguel Layún’s corner, should have added a third only to plant his header on to a post, with Begovic somehow summoning saves to deny Danilo and Imbula before the end.
Chelsea were a side laced with anxiety, all the authority that used to permeate their displays having drained away. Terry merely watched on from the sidelines at his manager’s back.
“More than anything I just think it lacked composure,” said Rio Ferdinand, the former England captain, in his capacity as a television pundit. “There was no real leadership out there. You look back on Mourinho sides, the Chelsea sides that were successful: you had the Drogbas, the Terrys, the Lampards, who the other players could look to. They’d turn around and say: ‘Listen, I’ve been here before, just follow me. You’ll be all right, we’ll get through this. Weather the storm.’ I didn’t see that tonight. I didn’t see players that would stand up and be counted in that way.”
Ferdinand has had his own issues with Terry, but his words carried weight.
Mourinho’s post-match assertions that, aside from the two errors at corners, his team had been defensively sound did not ring true. Perhaps that was merely the latest tactic to coax a positive reaction from his players. He has tried virtually everything else, other than offering Ivanovic some respite.
Admittedly, his side carried an attacking threat, Diego Costa striking the woodwork and impressive on a run-out in the midst of his domestic three-match ban, and Casillas – on his record 152nd appearance in this competition – doing well to thwart Fàbregas and Pedro early on. They might have plucked an unlikely point had Ivanovic nodded into an empty net or Kenedy, fouled according to his manager, not prodded wide with the last touch of the match. A draw, however, would not have been merited.
Seventh from bottom in the Premier League and now third in their Champions League section, albeit with time still to turn things round, this team is lurching from one befuddled display to the next.

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Telegraph:

Porto 2 Chelsea 1

Jose Mourinho sees his side lose again, this time to his former team
Maicon punishes Premier League champions after Jose Mourinho wields axe

By  Matt Law

Jose Mourinho suffered a miserable return to the home of one of his greatest triumphs, as Chelsea’s bad start to the season threatens to slide into a more serious decline.
What Mourinho had hoped was just a blip is becoming a worrying trend, with the manager seemingly running out of options to initiate a change in form and, more importantly, results.
Having originally insisted it was business as usual at Chelsea, Mourinho this week got stuck into his players and attempted to wake them from their slumber by making a series of changes for his latest return to Porto, where he won the 2004 Champions League.
But while some of the names may have been different in Portugal, Chelsea once again paid for terrible defending and lacklustre individual performances.
It is becoming harder and harder for Mourinho to justify the fact he continues to select the fast-declining Branislav Ivanovic, who captained Chelsea on Tuesday night.
What must John Terry think as he watches from the substitutes’ bench, while Ivanovic seemingly survives error after error, match after match?
It was no surprise that Ivanovic was largely to blame for Porto’s opening goal from Andre Andre, before Maicon ensured the home side enjoyed a happy 122nd anniversary.
Their Champions League qualification from Group G may not currently be in any danger, but Mourinho must be increasingly concerned that everything he is trying to kick-start the season is failing.
Having complained about the “unstable attitudes” of some of his players, Mourinho dropped last season’s Player of the Year Eden Hazard and midfielder Nemanja Matic down to the substitutes’ bench. Oscar, Radamel Falcao and Loic Remy missed out altogether.
Mourinho confirmed before kick-off that Oscar, Falcao and Remy did not even travel to Portugal, and were simply not selected.
The decision raises doubts over the trio’s future, as Mourinho preferred to have no strikers on the bench with Diego Costa Chelsea’s sole frontman. When Chelsea were behind, the Portuguese could only call on Hazard, Matic and youngster Kenedy.
Midfielder Oscar had already been frustrated about his limited starting opportunities before the Porto game. It is hard to see how he and Remy will now feel anything but anger towards Mourinho, as their absences were not ultimately justified with a victory.
Mourinho’s team selection had echoes of the dramatic decisions made by Andre Villas-Boas and Roberto Di Matteo in the Champions League that effectively cost the duo their Chelsea jobs.
Villas-Boas was sacked shortly after dropping Ashley Cole, Michael Essien, Frank Lampard and Fernando Torres, and losing to Napoli, while Di Matteo was axed immediately after the defeat in Juventus, when he played Hazard up front instead of Torres.
Big team decisions are great when you win, but when you lose they bring scrutiny upon the manager and Mourinho cannot be considered blameless in this slump.
Ivanovic has been attracting most of the criticism for Chelsea and the right-back was again dreadful as he was at fault for Porto’s opening goal in the 39th minute.
Yacine Brahimi cut inside Ivanovic far too easily before unleashing a shot that Asmir Begovic could only claw back into the danger area and Andre scored.
For Porto, Iker Casillas made his 152nd Champions League appearance that earned the goalkeeper the outright record in the competition.
Casillas fell out spectacularly with Mourinho at Real Madrid and the Spaniard threatened to haunt his old manager with two superb saves before Andre had broken the deadlock.
First, Casillas saved from Cesc Fabregas after he had been played in by Costa and the 34-year-old did even better to stop Pedro after the former Barcelona man had been sent through by Willian.
Chelsea gave themselves a lifeline with the last kick of the first half. Danilo fouled Ramires on the edge of his own penalty area and Willian gave Casillas no chance by planting the resulting free-kick into the corner of the net before referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz blew up for half-time.
That should have been the cue for Chelsea to come out all guns blazing after the break, but if anything they were worse in the second period and quickly went behind again thanks to sloppy defending from a set piece.
Ruben Neves delivered a corner to the front post and Maicon nipped away from Gary Cahill and in front of the Ramires to head the ball into the net. Had there been a Chelsea player on the post, he would have been able to block the ball on the line.
The visitors almost responded immediately, but Costa’s long-range effort bounced back off the crossbar with Casillas beaten. Willian then got away down the left and should have done better than deliver a cross the evaded both Pedro and Fabregas.
Mourinho made his first change just after the hour mark, sending Hazard on to replace John Obi Mikel with the midfielder tasked with trying to rescue at least a draw for Chelsea. Hazard took over the number 10 role behind Costa and Fabregas dropped back next to Ramires.
Hazard almost made an immediate impact, as he skipped past a challenge after being found by Fabregas, but his shot smashed into the side-netting.
Mourinho tried his last throw of the dice by sending on Kenedy and Matic, and Ivanovic wasted a good chance to equalise by heading Willian’s corner over the bar.
Porto, though, were worthy winners and their margin of victory would have been greater had Danilo’s header not struck the post.

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Mail:

Porto 2-1 Chelsea: Jose Mourinho has unhappy return to former stomping ground as Blues fall to Champions League defeat

By Matt Barlow for the Daily Mail 

The warnings from Jose Mourinho were loud and clear. Stars on the bench, stars left in London and still Chelsea were unable to stop their star from falling a little further.
Mourinho blamed attitude ahead of the game, but it was not a problem of desire in Porto, where they were outclassed at times and flattered by the result.
They were not awful for the entire game – there was a flurry in stoppage-time - but they were unrecognisable from the champions of last season, that imperious winning machine, built in Mourinho's ruthless image.
Suddenly Chelsea are ravaged by nerves, prone to panic, vulnerable from set-pieces and low on confidence. No-one epitomises the mess more than Branislav Ivanovic who was tormented by the outstanding Yacine Brahimi.
How Iker Casillas enjoyed this record-breaking night as Mourinho's mind tricks produced no magic and begged the question: what can he do next?
He has tried to charm and defend his players, he chided them gently before his verbal criticism became fiercer and culminated with threats to drop them all and 'play the kids'.
Then this setback. Another defeat, a fifth in a campaign when the only wins have come against Walsall, Maccabi Tel Aviv, nine-man Arsenal and West Bromwich. Are they still listening?
Asmir Begovic emerges with some credit, having kept the score down with a series of saves, while in front of him only Willian responded to a recall, scoring his third free-kick in as many games to equalise at the end of the first half.
Porto had gone ahead through Andre Andre – so good they named him twice – and went back in front early in the second half when captain Maicon headed in from a corner.
Conceding such a crucial goal from a set-piece will infuriate a meticulous organiser such as Mourinho - but he has broader issues.
This was a difficult test against an ambitious team and the result is not fatal in Champions League terms. Chelsea ought to qualify from Group G, which also contains Maccabi Tel Aviv and Dynamo Kiev.
Mourinho, however, cannot cajole his team into life. Keep an eye out for his selection for Saturday's game at home to Southampton.
Double Player of the Year Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic were axed for this one. There was no John Terry, but that has become the norm and the reason remains a mystery.
Can they be much worse with Terry at the back? He would bring leadership and organisation at least. Kurt Zouma and Gary Cahill are Mourinho's new guard and they lacked composure in Porto.
Omitting Hazard and Matic was perhaps an attempt to jolt them back into form. Both are vital to Chelsea, but the future looks bleaker for others.
Radamel Falcao, Loic Remy and Oscar did not make the squad, left in London despite being fit and available. It meant no recognised centre forward on the bench, and fortunately the unreliable hamstrings of Diego Costa did not twang on this occasion.
Costa, free from the ban ruling him out of domestic matches at the moment, started hungrily and created an early chance but Cesc Fabregas was denied by Casillas, making a record 152nd appearance in the Champions League.
Casillas saved again from Pedro as Chelsea broke quickly. It was Costa again who carried the ball, before Willian slid a pass to Pedro but for the second time in quick succession a former Barcelona player was denied by a Real Madrid legend.
At the back, Chelsea started sloppily and got worse. Porto moved fluently forward with the ball through a midfield, energised by a noisy home crowd and encouraged by casual marking and hurried clearances.
They seemed anxious. Others were dropped but Ivanovic remains in the team. Not only that, he is the captain, and yet badly out of touch and perhaps trying too hard to make amends.
Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz, said to be Mourinho’s favourite, stirred Porto fans when he allowed a shuddering tackle by Ivanovic on Vincent Aboubakar to go unpunished.
And, as the decibels increased, the home side grew in stature. Aboubakar and Maxi Pereira fired wide and they took the lead six minutes before the interval.
Brahimi skipped past Ivanovic into the penalty box and forced Begovic to parry. Andre seized on the rebound and his volley had enough power to force its way past the goalkeeper.
As in Newcastle, on Saturday, it was a combination of Ramires and Willian which hauled Chelsea level. A burst from Ramires drew a foul and Willian curled the free-kick inside the post.
Casillas barely flinched as it whipped into his net, but Chelsea surrendered the impetus when Maicon slipped free to convert a corner with a glancing header at the near post. Again, the set-piece had been conceded after Brahimi had given Ivanovic the slip.
The Dragao Stadium was still jumping with joy when Costa swung an improbable effort against the bar. On came Hazard, Kenedy and Matic but Porto pushed for a third. Begovic saved and Gary Cahill blocked as the visitors resisted.
Ivanovic went close with a header and Costa had a good claim for a penalty for handball, but even Mourinho’s friendly referee did not oblige.
As in Newcastle, on Saturday, it was a combination of Ramires and Willian which hauled Chelsea level. A burst from Ramires won a free-kick 25 yards from goal and Willian stepped up to curl it over the wall and inside the post.
Casillas did not move as it whipped past into his net. It was the last kick of the first half and it offered hope to the visitors as they disappeared down the tunnel.
For Willian it was his third goal in three games, all from free-kicks, but Porto were soon back in front when Maicon slipped his markers to convert a corner with a glancing header at the near post. Again, the corner had been conceded after Brahimi had given Ivanovic the slip.
Chelsea were stunned but the Dragao erupted in a frenzy of celebration. Porto fans were still bouncing with joy when Cesar Azpilicueta swung an improbable effort against the bar from long range.
As Hazard, Kenedy and Matic came on, Porto pushed for a third. Begovic saved and Gary Cahill blocked as the visitors resisted.
Ivanovic went close with a header and Costa claimed a penalty for handball in stoppage time, but even Mourinho's favourite referee did not oblige.
The final chance fell to Kenedy but it was deflected wide.

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Mirror:

Porto 2-1 Chelsea: Blues continue to flounder as Jose Mourinho's homecoming ends in defeat
 
By Dave Kidd
 
The Special One warned he would axe his players for youngsters if they failed to perform - and may have to raid the youth academy soon

If Jose Mourinho was in a dark, brooding and threatening mood ahead of this Champions League homecoming, then Heaven help his crisis-hit team now.
And if the Chelsea manager is to make good his pre-match threats, then the club’s youth academy had better brace itself to be raided.
Mourinho had played Bad Cop by warning his players they would be axed in favour of the kids, should they fall out of trophy contention, and even claimed they could end up as Premier League also-rans ‘like Newcastle’.
Yet this tough talking fell on deaf ears. The atmosphere of fear and loathing which seems to have submerged Chelsea since Mourinho’s bust-up with his medical staff on the opening day of the season, has infected their on-pitch performances.
Mourinho claimed this was a decent performance ruined by a couple of ‘ridiculous’ mistakes – but it sounded like a smokescreen to cloud a strange team selection.
Goals from Andre Andre and Maicon dealt Chelsea a Group G defeat after Mourinho had axed Eden Hazard and Nemanja Matic from his starting line-up, kept John Terry on the bench and left two of his three senior strikers, Loic Remy and Radamel Falcao, back home in England along with Oscar.
Yet Branislav Ivanovic, consistently the worst performer during Chelsea’s shocking start to their title defence, does not only keep his place but wears the captain’s armband – and was found wanting in the build-up to both Porto goals.
Nobody is quite sure whether Mourinho is still trying to send coded messages to Roman Abramovich with all these confusing personnel changes or whether the manager is actually beginning to lose the plot.
It looked as though Chelsea had been set up to draw last night, yet they failed even to garner a point, with Porto the more positive side and the deserving victors.
While the Blues must still fancy themselves to get out of what had looked a straightforward group, nothing can be taken for granted by English clubs in Europe any more – with five defeats in six matches for the once-mighty Premier League this season.
Dressed in black, to match their manager’s mood, Chelsea forced the first clear chance.
Diego Costa, in a break from his domestic suspension, showed some neat footwork down the left and teed up Cesc Fabregas, whose shot was beaten away by Iker Casillas.
Then Willian led a swift break, feeding Pedro who forced another decent save from Mourinho’s old Real Madrid enemy in the Porto goal.
It was the veteran keeper’s 152nd Champions League appearance – a new record for the competition – not that Mourinho would have been presenting him with any sort of silver salver to mark the occasion.
Six minutes before the break, Porto made the English champions pay for squandering those early chances when Yacine Brahimi danced past the flat-footed Ivanovic, his shot forcing an improvised save from Begovic but the rebound falling to Andre who drilled it in.
Yet with the final kick of the first half, Chelsea were level – though not without a hint of fortune.
Ramires went on a dribble towards the Porto box but after beating a couple of defenders, he appeared to lose control and fall without any contact. Yet ref Antonio Mateu Lahoz gave the free-kick and Willian hammered it into the top corner.
But just six minutes into the second half, Ivanovic was caught out as Porto forced a corner, which Ruben Neves delivered to the near post for Maicon to head home.
Mourinho sent on Hazard in place of John Obi Mikel, yet there was no sign of a Chelsea response, with Porto continuing to apply all the pressure and Begovic kept busy by a flurry of attacks.
A Danilo effort was deflected narrowly over and the crowd at the Estadio do Dragao was reaching fever pitch with Mourinho’s men rocking.
There was a late surge of Chelsea pressure, a decent penalty shout for handball and sub Kenedy having a shot deflected wide right at the death.
But it was too little, too late. Even Bad Cop Jose couldn’t arrest Chelsea’s decline.

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Express:

Porto 2 - Chelsea 1: Jose Mourinho leaves former club empty handed

CHELSEA’S disastrous form in the Premier League was extended to Europe, as Jose Mourinho’s return to his former club Porto turned into a nightmare.

By Harry Talbot 

Chelsea, who kicked off their European campaign with a thumping 4-0 win over Maccabi Tel Aviv in Group G and yet lie 14th in the English top flight, crashed to defeat at the Estadio do Drago against the club he steered to European Cup glory in 2004.
Mourinho had used most of his motivational tricks in the build-up to the return to his old stomping ground, but he still saw his struggling side picked apart.
Mourinho’s teams were once built on sound defensive blocks, but time after time they are crumbling.

Chelsea went behind in the first 45 minutes of the clash, the eighth occasion they have conceded before the break this season.
And although Willian equalised, they were breached again before the hour as the home side sensed something was very amiss with this current Chelsea team when it comes to the defence.
Mourinho moaned before this match that his men had been consistent this season – as in consistently poor during their first-half displays.

He had also warned that if they continued to struggle he would boot out the big names and play the kids after slamming his players for having an attitude problem.  
Mourinho did not name names. But all the talk before the match was of former Porto star Radamel Falcao, Oscar and Loic Remy being left at home, despite not being injured.
Eden Hazard was downgraded to the bench and there was again no place for skipper John Terry. But Chelsea started brightly, at least when it came to attack.
Diego Costa did superbly in the sixth minute to burst down the left, cut back and tee up Cesc Fabregas, but his shot was parried for a corner by Iker Casillas.
The former Real Madrid skipper did even better seven minutes later, thrusting out his right leg after guessing correctly where Pedro would shoot after he was played in by Willian.
But Porto refused to be forced on to the back foot and looked lively and sharp.

Vincent Aboubakar bent a shot just over the bar in the 35th minute after another direct run, while Maxi Pereira hammered another effort wide.
But they were finally rewarded for their efforts in the 39th minute. Branislav Ivanovic was easily beaten by Yacine Brahimi and the Porto star cut inside before shooting.
Asmir Begovic did well to keep it out, but the ball fell for Andre Andre, whose volleyed follow-up beat Begovic, even though he got hands on it.
The lead did not last long, though, as Chelsea hit back.
A direct run by Ramires ended with him being brought down by Danilo and Willian stepped up to bend the free-kick into the far corner past a motionless Casillas.

It made it three free-kick conversions for the Brazilian in his last three appearances for Mourinho’s side.
But Porto were not to be outdone and went ahead again in the 52nd minute.
Centre-back Maicon got in front of Ramires at the near post to glance in a header from a Rubin Neves cross.
A long-range effort from Costa struck the bar but Porto were not to be denied, as Mourinho’s poor start to the season continued.

PORTO (4-4-1-1): Casillas; Pereira, Maicon, Marcano, Martins Indi; Andre (layun 80), Danilo, Neves (Goebel 78), Imbula; Brahimi (Osvaldo 87); Aboubakar. Booked: Marcano, Martins Indi, Danilo. Goals: Andre 39, Maicon 52.

CHELSEA (4-2-3-1): Begovic; Ivanovic, Cahill, Zouma, Azpilicueta; Mikel (Hazard 62), Ramires Matic 73); Pedro (Kenedy 73), Fabregas, Willian; Costa. Booked: Cahill, Matic, Azpilicueta. Goal: Willian.  NEXT UP: Southampton (h), Sat PL.

REFEREE: A Mateu Lahoz (Spain).

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Star:

Porto 2 Chelsea 1: Jose Mourinho's selection gamble backfires as hosts down Blues
JOSE MOURINHO’S Porto whine failed to inspire punch-drunk Chelsea last night.

By David Woods
    
The Blues boss tried every trick in his book to motivate his flops, but they were still left staggering in Porto.
Mourinho’s teams have always been built on sound defensive blocks, but they crumbled once again.
The Stamford Bridge side went behind in the first half, the eighth time they have conceded before the break this season.
Willian equalised, but Chelsea conceded again as Mourinho’s former club sensed the game was their for the taking.
Mourinho moaned before last night’s Group G clash that his players had been consistent this season - consistently bad in the first-half.

He warned them that if they continued to struggle they would be kicked out and he would play the kids.
The angry boss also slammed the players for having an attitude problem.
Mourinho did not name names. But all the talk before the match was of former Porto star Radamel Falcao, Oscar and Loic Remy all being left at home despite apparently not being injured.
Eden Hazard was downgraded to the bench and there was again no place for skipper John Terry.
But Chelsea started brightlywhen Diego Costa burst down the left, cut back in to tee up Cesc Fabregas but his shot was parried for a corner by Iker Casillas.

The former Real Madrid skipper did even better to thrust out his right leg after guessing correctly where Pedro would shoot.
But Porto refused to be forced on to the back foot and the goal they had threatened arrived in the 39th minute.
Not for the first time this season Branislav Ivanovic was all too easily beaten, this time by Yacine Brahimi.
He cut inside and slam a shot at Asmir Begovic, which the keeper did well to keep out his trailing left hand.
But the ball went straight to Andre Andre, who volleyed home.
The lead did not to last long though, with Chelsea rewarded after a direct run by Ramires ended with him being brought down by Danilo.

Willian stepped up to bend the free kick into the far corner past a motionless Casillas.
Porto grabbed the winner in the 52nd minute when centre back Maicon got in front of Ramires at the near post to glance in a header from a Rubin Neves cross.
Costa then hit the bar with a long-range shot.
But Porto continued to target Ivanovic and Giannelli Imbula and Brahimi were denied by Begovic.
Danilo then found space to head Mugeul Layun’s corner against the far post before Chelsea yelled for a penalty in one mad last raid.
But at the end Mourinho was first down the tunnel to yet another inquest into a defeat.