Chelsea crisis deepens as Jose's side falls to Stoke

Jose Mourinho enters the international break with his future as Chelsea manager under closer scrutiny than ever before following his team's 1-0 defeat at Stoke City.

The outspoken Portuguese was not even present at the Britannia Stadium on Saturday as he served a one-match stadium ban for his verbal onslaught on match officials during the recent defeat at West Ham United.

But as he watched Chelsea's attempts to find an equalizer fizzle out on television at the team hotel, he will have known that two weeks of intense speculation and analysis now await him.