Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho admits he picked wrong team for Basle but says goal was 'ridiculous'

Jose Mourinho admits he was to blame for Chelsea's defeat because he failed to see how tired his players were but admits the goal they conceded was "ridiculous"

Jose Mourinho shouldered the blame for Chelsea’s shock Champions League defeat to Basle by admitting he had picked the wrong team.

However the Chelsea manager also criticised his players for the “ridiculous” winning goal scored by Basle, accusing his team of “going to sleep”.

Mourinho said he had failed to detect the tiredness in his players after last week’s international friendlies and the Premier League victory over West Ham and should have made more changes than the one he did make, bringing in Willian.

Mourinho even admitted he had spoken to each of his players individually prior to kick-off. “All of them told me they were perfect to play,” he said. “They wanted to play, they’d recovered well from international week and Saturday, but the reality is they weren’t. Some, so-so. But others were really in trouble.”

Mourinho added: “Today we maybe paid the price. I got that from the first minute. We made a big mistake in the first seconds of the game. After that we made mistakes defensively, made mistakes with the ball, lost easy passes, lost the ball, people thinking late... and we finished with a ridiculous goal. Absolutely ridiculous.