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08th Aug 2015

VIDEO: Jose Mourinho explains why he snapped at Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro against Swansea

Full-on freak out

Darragh Murphy

Jose Mourinho strikes us a man who’s easy to piss off.

But Chelsea physio Eva Carneiro may well have been confused at The Special One’s sideline strop as she took to the field to offer treatment to Eden Hazard late on in the Blues’ 2-2 draw with Swansea.

Mourinho was incensed at the fact that his medical team entered the playing surface because that meant that Hazard would have to leave the pitch rather than play a part in one of Chelsea’s final attacks.

“I was not happy with my medical staff,” Mourinho told Sky Sports. “You have to understand the game.

“Even if you are a kit man, a doctor or a secretary on the bench you have to understand the game and you have to understand that you have one player less.

“When you go to the pitch to assist a player you must be sure that the player has a serious problem and I was sure that Eden hadn’t a serious problem. He had a knock and he was very tired.

“My medical staff had a naive impulse and they left me with eight outfield players in a counter attack.”

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