Cold day at Chelsea as Jose Mourinho turns sour

Aston Villa v Chelsea: Jose Mourinho was again making cryptic criticisms, but it wasn’t difficult to figure out his mood.

In truth, it rarely is. Few sporting figures do pointed aggravation as obviously or as well as the Chelsea manager, and yesterday at Cobham was another master performance.

In another vintage display of passive-aggression, Mourinho made a series of points about everything from last season’s controversial match at Villa Park to Arsene Wenger pushing him in October, all without explicitly stating them. Amidst all this, his main point was that clubs — ie, Manchester City — should be docked points for failing to comply with Financial Fair Play rules, and appeared still be hugely irritated by the Diego Costa situation, from what Mourinho perceives as his unfair suspension to Manuel Pellegrini stating the Spanish striker needs to improve his behaviour.