Mourinho left 'scrambled', 'shell shocked' and with 'egg on his face' - today's best Chelsea related headlines...
Newspaper headlines make play on Jose Mourinho 'egg' comments after Chelsea lose to Basle
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Your support makes all the difference.When Jose Mourinho compared his young Chelsea side to eggs that 'needed a mum' earlier this week, he could not have imagined how much those words would come back to haunt him in today's newspapers.
The Chelsea manager described his side before the Champions League meeting with Basle as "beautiful, young eggs. Eggs that need a Mum, in this case... a Dad... to take care of them, to keep them warm during the winter, to bring the blanket and work and improve them. One day the moment will arrive when the weather changes, the sun rises, you break the eggs and the eggs are ready to go for life at the top level."
Last night, the Blues suffered their first home defeat in the Champions League group stages for 10 years - leading to the following headlines in today's papers...
The Independent
Mourinho's 'eggs' look undercooked as Basle force historic win
Telegraph
Shell shocked - Mourinho has egg on his face after embarrassing defeat
...and...
Sorry Chelsea crack under first sign of pressure
The Mirror
Jose got egg on his face - Mix all wrong as Mourinho is scrambled
...and...
Blues shell shocked
Daily Mail
Basle break Jose eggs - Streller poaches late win at Bridge
The Sun
Rotten Eggs - Mourinho is shell-shocked as Blues fried
The Times
Beaten Chelsea far from Special
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