Jose Mourinho misery deepens as Chelsea crash out to Stoke

The pressure on Jose Mourinho cranked up another notch as holders Chelsea crashed out of the Capital One Cup with a 5-4 loss on penalties at 10-man Stoke following a 1-1 draw after 120 minutes.

Eden Hazard was the only man in the shoot-out who failed to convert his spot-kick, the playmaker stepping up last and seeing his effort saved by Jack Butland to increase Blues boss Mourinho’s woes.

The visitors had suffered an early setback in the fourth-round clash when Diego Costa was forced off injured in the first half, and they subsequently fell behind when Republic of Ireland international Jonathan Walters cracked a superb 52nd-minute effort in off the bar.