Stoke fans took great pleasure in goading Mourinho in the wake of Walters\u2019 goal and again after Butland\u2019s penalty save, suggesting that the Chelsea manager might be looking for alternative employment on Wednesday morning. Chelsea were heading towards their eighth defeat in 16 matches this season when substitute Remy came to the rescue. Chelsea show unity in defeat<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite the Premier League champions\u2019 dreadful start to the season, any suggestions of disharmony in the Blues ranks looked wide of the mark at Britannia Stadium. History stays on Stoke\u2019s side<\/strong><\/p>\n Stoke started the match having never lost to Chelsea in the League Cup, winning four and drawing three of their seven previous ties, including victory in the 1972 final. Shawcross shores up Potters defence<\/strong><\/p>\n Stoke welcomed back Ryan Shawcross for his first appearance of the season after the skipper had back surgery in the summer. Manager reaction<\/strong><\/p>\n Stoke boss Mark Hughes: \u201cFull credit to the lads because they showed tremendous character and determination and nobody can ever level that we don\u2019t have that in abundance inside our dressing room. Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jose Mourinho\u2019s miserable season took another turn for the worse as holders Chelsea were knocked out of the League Cup by Stoke in a penalty shootout. After Chelsea dominated a goalless first-half, Stoke led when Jon Walters was allowed to turn on the edge of the box before firing in off the crossbar. Loic Remy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":162927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29,3,38],"class_list":["post-162924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-ghana-news","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nSeveral national newspapers have suggested that the Portuguese boss could be sacked if the Blues lose to Liverpool at the weekend, while the Daily Mirror claimed senior players are expecting his departure in the near future.
\nAnd as the clock ticked past the 90-minute mark, the pressure on Mourinho looked set to increase.<\/p>\n![\"diegocosta\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/diegocosta.jpg\")
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\nThe France forward, who replaced the injured Diego Costa in the first-half, fired into the roof of the net after Willian\u2019s corner was flicked on by Kurt Zouma.
\nThe Blues looked the likelier to win the game in extra-time, Willian shooting wide and Butland denying young Brazilian defender Kenedy.
\nBut, after nine faultless penalties, they were knocked out of the competition by Butland\u2019s brilliant save.<\/p>\n
\nThe visitors showed no signs of their recent troubles in the first half, passing the ball around confidently and stretching the Stoke back line with their sharp movement.
\nEngland international Butland thwarted the visitors with a trio of top-class saves in the opening half-hour, twice denying Diego Costa and then Oscar, while Chelsea skipper John Terry\u2019s cheeky flick from Willian\u2019s cross was ruled out for offside.
\nAnd the character showed to level deep in stoppage-time suggested that the players were prepared to fight for Mourinho.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd the home fans thought their side had done enough to extend that record within 90 minutes.
\nThe Potters were left deflated by a dramatic turnaround in the dying moments of normal time and were forced to contemplate playing another 30 minutes with 10 men.
\nBut they showed resilience throughout extra-time, keeping the visitors at bay \u2013 even with forward Mame Diouf forced into an emergency full-back role \u2013 to force the tie into a shootout.
\nNow Mark Hughes and his men can look forward to a second League Cup quarter-final in three seasons as the Potters aim to win the trophy for the second time.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd his return was perfect timing for Potters boss Hughes, who watched his team produced a shoddy defensive display in the 2-0 Premier League defeat by Watford on Saturday.
\nThe once-capped England international impressed for the home side, marshalling his defence superbly \u2013 particularly after the break \u2013 to keep out Chelsea until Remy\u2019s late intervention.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cIt was there for everybody to see this evening, and I think to a certain degree it surprised Chelsea, especially when everything seemed to be conspiring against us at the end of normal time.
\n\u201cWe had a back four that was thrown together to a certain extent, there were a lot of guys out there who haven\u2019t played together and there were a number who haven\u2019t had a great deal of football neither.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>