Mourinho Mercilessly Mocked After Chelsea 4-0 Humbling
Jose Mourinho's humbling return to Stamford Bridge was met with typical schadenfreude from the Twittersphere - with world record signing Paul Pogba also coming in for some social media mocking.
The 'Special Once' could not have enjoyed more than 31 seconds of the contest against his former club, which is exactly how long it took for Pedro to open the scoring before goals from Gary Cahill, Eden Hazard and N'Golo Kante completed the Portuguese's worst defeat in Premier League history.
Mourinho was so incensed at the final whistle that he even chastised Blues boss Antonio Conte for celebrating the victory too enthusiastically, which only provided more fuel to the flames being fanned online.
Jose's bus right now...
— TheODDSbible (@TheOddsBible)
"Cheat code to unlock Pogba please Tony mate"
— Kantéldinho (@Sillinho10)
Louis Van Gaal after 9 games last season = 19 points.
José Mourinho after 9 games this season = 14 points.
— SPORF (@Sporf)
Jose still knows how to get the best out of
— Eidur Gudjohnsen (@Eidur22Official)
When you can't find the receipt for Pogba.
— Troll Football Media (@Troll__Footbal)
The best way to hide £89M is to put it in Manchester United’s midfield.😂😂
— Footy Humour (@FootyHumour)
To put that reaction in perspective, one post shared a GIF of Mourinho celebrating a 2-0 victory over Liverpool as Chelsea manager with a wild-eyed race along the touchline that would have made even Marco Tardelli cringe.
Elsewhere, there were comments from figures in the world of football, with Robbie Savage questioning how much more than £160million does Mourinho have to spend before he can concede that United is 'his team' - while former Chelsea star Eider Gudjohnsen earned over 30,000 retweets and counting for his classic quip: 'Jose still knows how to get the best out of @ChelseaFC'.
While Mourinho's ears are likely to be ringing well into next week, the world's most expensive player Pogba, who returned to Old Trafford for £89million this summer, arguably faces an even greater challenge to silence his critics.
Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker reminded the world that 'Pogba cost £60million more Kante', who showed some unexpectedly nimble footwork in scoring Chelsea's final goal to overshadow his international team-mate.