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Moura double causes Mourinho meltdown
Tottenham Hotspur's Lucas Moura celebrates scoring his side's third goal of the game during the Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester.

REWIND to the October 3 2015. Southampton beat Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side 3-1 at Stamford Bridge as their disastrous start to the season continued.

Mourinho, who saw his side sitting in 16th position in the Premier League table, went on a seven minute rant defending his position as Chelsea manager and warning owner Roman Abramovich not to sack him because there were “no better managers in the world.”

Pressure continued to mount and the self proclaimed “Special One” was sacked in December of the same year, just seven months after he led them to the Premier League title.

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