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Jose Mourinho not pleased with physio in Chelsea's draw against Swansea

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was left with just one question for his physio, Eva Carneiro, after his side's 2-2 draw with Swansea City: what were you thinking?

With Chelsea down a man after Thibaut Courtois picked up a red card, Mourinho's team clearly set up shop looking for the point, while pushing for a late goal on a fast break. On one such counter-attack, late in added time, Carneiro pulled star forward Eden Hazard aside for medical treatment. The decision baffled Mourinho.

"I wasn't happy with my medical staff because even if you are a medical doctor or secretary on the bench, you have to understand the game," Mourinho told reporters after the match.

"If you go to the pitch to assist a player, then you must be sure that a player has a serious problem. I was sure that Eden didn't have a serious problem. He had a knock and was very tired."

With Chelsea short-handed, the Premier League champions were already facing an uphill battle, but Mourinho's criticism wasn't that the physio team looked at Hazard in the match. Rather, it concerned the timing of the treatment.

"My medical department left me with eight fit outfield players in a counter-attack after a set piece and we were worried we didn't have enough players left," Mourinho said.

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