Wednesday 5 November 2014 13:54, UK
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he may have gone too far when he criticised the support his team received at the weekend.
However, the Blues boss said his comments were a consequence of his own emotional ties to the London club.
Chelsea are currently top of the Premier League standings and defeated QPR 2-1 on Saturday at Stamford Bridge to remain four points clear at the top.
Everybody at Chelsea Football Club knows how much I love the club, how much I want it to improve, and how much I want to be part of the club in the future.
But after the match Mourinho expressed his disappointment about the level of noise coming from the home fans, observing that it was as if Chelsea had been playing in an ‘empty stadium’ for the first half hour.
Some Chelsea supporters subsequently criticised Mourinho’s remarks while others agreed that the atmosphere at home fixtures needed to be addressed.
Asked about his comments on the eve of Chelsea’s Wednesday night Champions League match at Maribor, Mourinho said: “Maybe I go a little bit too far.
“But I see myself in the stands watching Chelsea and I want to play, I want to help.
“If I'm not a player, I cannot play. If I'm not a coach, I cannot make decisions. If I'm just a fan, what can I do to help? That's just my view.
“This is not, for me, just a job. It is more than that, because it's Chelsea.
"Everybody at Chelsea Football Club knows how much I love the club, how much I want it to improve, and how much I want to be part of the club in the future.
"Even a moment of criticism has to be analysed with different eyes, with the eyes of somebody who knows why I came back to Chelsea and why I'm here with my heart, and why I want to stay for a long, long time."
