Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has blasted back at his 'envious' critics. Mourinho and his players have been slammed over the manner of the Champions League exit at the hands of PSG this week.
But Mourinho said: "Envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows do to the man.
"Our situation is good. It's better than anybody else's. Everyone would love to be in our position.
"Chelsea are top of the league since day one. Chelsea are not playing now at the same level we were playing for many months, but for many months we played better than anyone.
"You (the media) go with the wind. In that moment the wind was in one direction where you were all saying Chelsea were a candidate to win the Champions League.
"You were saying Chelsea had conditions to win every competition.
"We cannot play fantastic all season. We had our lowest point in terms of performance in a moment where we couldn't have it.
"The people that lost, who were out of the Champions League last Wednesday, are the same people who have been top of the Premier League since day one, the same people who won the Capital One Cup, are the same people who are going to win the Premier League."
He added: "My (team) doctor told me, after the game, maybe tomorrow we'll have a few injuries. Why? 'Because we lost, because people are sad'.
"I told the doctor 'I don't believe (that)'. (We have) zero injuries.
"Everybody wants to play. Not like some journalists, when they write bulls*** and then, the next press conference, they don't come. My players don't do that. They want to play."