Ruud Gullit: Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea are like Tiger Woods

Jose Mourinho

FORMER Chelsea boss Ruud Gullit has likened the struggling club to golfing legend Tiger Woods, saying opposing teams no longer fear the Blues.

Woods, a 14-time major winner, once commanded an aura of invincibility in his sport but the American now languishes at number 362 in the world rankings.

Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea won the Premier League last term but are currently three points above the drop zone after suffering their seventh League loss of the season at Stoke City on Saturday.

Gullit told Sky Sports: “Chelsea are like Tiger Woods.

“In the beginning everybody who was competing with Tiger Woods already knew that they had lost the game. Now people see him and Chelsea and think: ‘We can beat them.'”

The Dutchman added: “In Holland there is a saying, Mourinho he has to drink the last drop of the cup of poison. To the last drop. If the last drop is done then things will change. I think he is the only one who can change it. He can change it.

“If he had said after the last game: ‘I’m wrong. I didn’t need to do that. I was emotional. You’re right. I should have this punishment.’ Then everyone would forgive him.

“In the past when the team won with Mourinho, it was Mourinho who won. When they lost, it was Mourinho who lost. All of a sudden this year, he was blaming the players. Now it was Mourinho who won and the players who lost. That was a bit of a difference I saw. He was criticising his players. Beforehand he always guarded his players. Protected them.” Kickoff.com