Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hit back at media criticism of him and his players after the Blues were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Stoke City on penalties.
Loic Remy's stoppage-time strike cancelled out Jonathan Walters' second-half opener to force extra time at the Britannia Stadium on Tuesday.
However, Eden Hazard missed the crucial spot-kick to hand the Potters a 5-4 shootout victory and sent the defending champions crashing out of the competition at the fourth-round stage.
Despite the eventual defeat, Mourniho praised his players for a good performance but hit out at recent criticism from the media and former players following Chelsea's awful start to the new season, per BBC Sport's Gary Rose:
What the players did tonight is face some people that write and speak, and said: "You are stupid".