No show like a Jose show

Never one to pass up the chance to deliver a killer line, Jose Mourinho once again provided the perfect set-up to his own show when he addressed Chelsea supporters as “my Blues brothers” in his programme notes.

Not that the charismatic Portuguese needed any help winning over this particular adoring audience.

After the painful civil war of last season when Rafael Benitez was so disliked by the club’s supporters he felt unable to take part in the celebrations that followed the final home game despite having won the Europa League, Stamford Bridge was once again united.