Mourinho: There Is A Campaign Against Chelsea

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says there is a "campaign” against his team after their 1-1 draw at Southampton.

Sadio Mane and Eden Hazard scored in an entertaining, hard-fought 1-1 draw at St Mary's on Sunday.

However, afterwards Mourinho labelled the booking handed out to Cesc Fabregas for a supposed dive a "scandal".

"In other countries where I worked before, tomorrow in the sports papers it would be a front-page scandal because it is a scandal," Mourinho said of the yellow card.

"I think it is a scandal because it is not a small penalty - it is a penalty like Big Ben.

"In this country - and I am happy with that, more than happy with that - we will just say that it was a big mistake with a big influence in the result.

"I am happy that it is this way, with respect for the referee. He made a big mistake like I make, like the players make sometimes."

Asked if recent incidents involving Gary Cahill and Branislav Ivanovic had been an influence, Mourinho retorted: "They are not incidents, they are not incidents.

"Of course [it has influenced the referee]. That's a campaign, that's a clear campaign.

"People, pundits, commentators, coaches from other teams - they react with Chelsea in a way they don't react to other teams.

"They put lots of pressure on the referee and the referee makes a mistake like this. We lose two points, Fabregas earns a yellow card."