Campaign against Chelsea? More like a Chelsea campaign against everyone

José Mourinho had grounds for complaint in the Capital One Cup semi-final against Liverpool but if the Chelsea manager is not prepared to look at the other side of the coin he has no real interest in fair play

• Diego Costa tries to light up Chelsea with his dark arts

“Let Diego Costa play his football,” José Mourinho said in the heated aftermath of the narrow Capital One Cup victory over Liverpool, thereby surrendering the moral high ground and as good as admitting that the alleged refereeing and media campaign against Chelsea is in fact more of a Chelsea campaign against referees and the media.

Mourinho certainly had grounds for complaint in the second leg against Liverpool with Lucas Leiva and Jordan Henderson lucky to stay on the pitch after miraculously escaping second bookings and Costa clearly denied a penalty in the first half, but if the manager is not prepared to look at the other side of the coin – to consider that Costa was fortunate still to be on the pitch after his stamp on Emre Can – he has no real interest in fair play and talk of referees ganging up on Chelsea is just so much diversionary waffle.

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