Champions League

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Champions League | Group Stage

Nov 5, 2014 at 7.45pm UK

Maribor
1-1
Chelsea

Ibraimi (50')

FT(HT: 0-0)

Matic (73')

Jose Mourinho: "Referee's team did not have a good night"

By Joe Fish, Reporter | 05 November 2014

Jose Mourinho claims that poor refereeing from an old nemesis cost Chelsea what would have been a "deserved" victory over Maribor in the Champions League.

Jose Mourinho has claimed that some poor decisions from the officials cost his Chelsea side a "deserved" Champions League win over Maribor on Wednesday.

Eden Hazard missed an 86th-minute penalty as the Blues drew 1-1 in Slovenia, but Mourinho feels that they should already have been ahead following Diego Costa's disallowed goal.

"Many times surprises happen when people are not fully focused, when they believe the game can't be a difficult one," Mourinho told reporters. "Only when Maribor scored did the players realise the game was in danger. After that, a fantastic reaction. We deserved to win, clearly.

"We scored two goals, two very good goals. The second goal, the referee (Italian Daniele Orsato) decided to disallow but it's a clear goal. Normally we should win because we scored two goals. But we have to accept it.

"We didn't reach the number of goals that we should have in the second half, but the team played well. And we scored a great second goal. And the referee's team did not have a good night. I have history with this referee from my days in Italy."

The result keeps unbeaten Chelsea top of Group G with eight points from four games.