Chelsea’s bad rap gives Jose Mourinho food for thought

Jose Mourinho has joked the reason Chelsea are officially the worst behaved team in the Premier League is because the catering at Stamford Bridge is too good and that the FA’s match delegates are distracted by “eating sushi and lobster, and drinking Cristal champagne”.

Figures compiled by the FA’s Fair Play delegated, which were released on Thursday, awarded Chelsea the lowest mark in the division when it comes to respecting officials.

That comes just weeks after the club’s players were heavily criticised for surrounding the referee to get Zlatan Ibrahimovic sent-off in their Champions League game against PSG, with the Swede labelling them “babies”.