Chelsea Manager unhappy with unacceptable form after defeat to Crystal palace.
Jose Mourinho has branded as unacceptable the form of the core of his title winning team this season and warned he will make changes if his stars are still not achieving the desired result
Jose Mourinho will demand his leading players, including Eden Hazard, improve after Chelsea's chastening start to the season.
The Barclays Premier League champions have four points from four games and sit eight points behind leaders Manchester City after Saturday's 2-1 loss at home to Crystal Palace.
It was Mourinho's second loss in 100 home league games as Chelsea boss and he was frustrated by individual and collective performances.
"If you are the best in the Premier League, I think it should be a good responsibility to have a similar season as in the previous season," Mourinho said.
"I don't want to analyse individual performances. When you have six or seven performing and three or four who are not (at) an acceptable level, it is difficult for a team to be consistent in the performance."
Whether he turns to the transfer market in search of answers ahead of Tuesday's 6pm deadline remains to be seen.
Mourinho said: "If you ask me, will I accept this, cross my arms, sit in a nice chair and wait calmly for the performance level to be back? No.
"I have to work, I have to react, I have to analyse and if I feel the players are not in conditions to react and give more, I have to make changes. I have never had a problem with that."
Asked whether his team retained the appetite to defend their title, the Portuguese said: “If that is the point, it is very, very sad because, for me, I feel the opposite. When I win, I want to win again.
My medal is at home, in a drawer, [because] I feel fantastic motivation for more. If you win it once and the next [year] you are not on fire, not ready at least to fight for more, that is sad.
