I got us into this mess, I'll get us out, says Mourinho as he rules out January signings for Chelsea
Boss says he and the current squad have to improve after latest embarrassing defeat
Jose Mourinho remains adamant he will not ask Roman Abramovich for money for emergency signings next month despite Chelsea suffering their eighth defeat in the first 15 games of a dismal Premier League title defence.
Newly-promoted Bournemouth won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening thanks to an 82nd-minute goal from substitute Glenn Murray.
That left last season's champions marooned in 14th place and 14 points off a top-four place, and Mourinho was highly critical of his players for failing to score against a team that had never before kept a clean sheet away from home in the top flight.
But he stood by an earlier promise that he would not ask owner Abramovich and the Chelsea board to sanction the acquisition of fresh faces once the transfer window opens in January.
“Again I feel that we don't have the right to ask the club for players,” he said.