José Mourinho still a great manager​ despite return of familiar flaws

It was against that backdrop, with the team treading dangerously close to the relegation quicksands and so much evidence of broken-down professionalism it was almost a surprise Roman Abramovich did not reach for the eject button the morning after Mourinho emerged for what will now be remembered as his last press conference on Monday and lamented the possibility that maybe his players simply were not as brilliant at their jobs as he was at his own.