Mourinho Takes ''Responsibility'' For Tuesday’s Loss, Says His Strikers Are Fine.

Jose Mourinho insist there is nothing wrong with his striking option despite having the trio of Samuel Eto’O, Fernando Torres and Demba Ba hit the back of the net just once out of the seven goals ‘The Blues’ have accrued in their opening six matches- £50m signing, Torres’ opener in the Uefa Super Cup defeat by Bayern Munich.

Put the Blame on Me: On the Back of Chelsea’s Worst Start to a Premier League Campaign in a Decade, They Lost to Basel.

Swiss champions Basel stunned Chelsea 2-1 in their opening Group E match at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday. Mourinho named new £30m signing Willian, and Eto’O in his starting lineup, while Ba was a second-half substitute; Torres was not listed in a squad Mourinho personally described as “young eggs.”

“When we lose I don’t speak about the players or individuals. I speak about my responsibility,” the Portuguese manager said.

“I am happy with the three strikers for the rest of the season.”

Chelsea dominated possession in the opening hour of the game, but failed to create chances with only Oscar’s half-time strike evident from the team’s effort.

The home side forced six corners in the first-half, without being able to convert from one of those set pieces.

They paid for their lack of precision in front of the visitors’ goal when Mohamed Salah, who also scored on the same ground in the Europa Cup last season, leveled for the visitors.

Skipper Marco Streller escaped two Chelsea markers to head home the match winner with eight minutes to go.

But Mourinho believes Chelsea will have to return for pay back when they play Basel in the final group game of the campaign, stressing that the team now needs away victories as much as they must win their home games with matches against German side Schalke and Romanian champions Steaua Bucharest also forthcoming.

“We lost three points that we must get somewhere,” said Mourinho. “We must get them, in Basel, or Shalke, or Bucharest, or all of them or some of them.

“Normally you have to win the matches at home and get a few points away. Now we must win six points at home. Schalke and Steaua, but we have also to win points away.

“But the objective of finishing in the top two in the group phase and to go to the next stage of theChampions League is an objective that is not lost- far from it.

“It ‘s an objective we’re going to fight for and it’s an objective that I believe very, very much that we’re going to achieve.”