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| Thibaut Courtois was sent off after fouling Gomis inside the box |
His champions were given the fright of their lives by an inspired Swansea whose manager Gary Monk readily admitted had set out to put on a show.They did that alright and left The Special One keeping his mouth shut even though he was probably privately seething.Truth to tell, despite what Mourinho did say, his side were second best yesterday for long periods. And if it hadn't been for Thibault Courtois - who was sent off in the second half for stopping Bafetimbi Gomis in his tracks illegally - he could well have been on the end of the shock of the day.Mourinho professed himself satisfied with his side's first half performance, grudgingly refused to recognise Swansea's impressive contribution, and diplomatically stayed silent over his keeper's sending off.
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| Bafetimbi Gomis snatched a point for Swansea from the penalty spot |
"But a draw at home is only acceptable in special circumstances. The players know this is a bad result, but we have a point."
The point here is, though, that Chelsea's two first half goals by Oscar and Willian, both had a touch of good luck about them.
And Courtois's saves up until his departure were crucial as Andre Ayew and the ever so impressive Gomis cancelled them out.
Given the two previous results Mourinho thought he had taken no chances on this one, gambling on Diego Costa with a youthful new haircut and lingering doubts about his dodgy hamstring.
That didn't seem to bother the combative Spaniard who, quite frankly, looked as fit as a fiddle at first. And, oh boy, he needed to be because battling Swansea showed scant respect for the champions before - or, indeed, after - Oscar fired Chelsea in front on 22 minutes.
In fact, with a masterful Jonjo Shelvey pulling the strings in midfield and Gomis proving a handful all afternoon, they frightened the life out of Mourinho and co.
Garry Monk probably wasn't a happy bunny at the way Oscar's modest free kick went unimpeded through the wall past a startled Lukasz Fabianski - especially after Gomis and Ki had both tested Courtois just before that.
And the poor bloke had good reason to wonder if Lady Luck was a Chelsea fan as both Courtois and his replacement Asmir Begovic denied Swansea.
If ever justice was seen to be done it happened six minutes after the break.
Gomis, who had terrorised both John Terry and Gary Cahill for the best part of 50 minutes, got away from them again and Courtois had little option but to stop him in his tracks.
It was an option that saw the keeper sent off and the Frenchman slotted the resultant spot kick in the bottom corner of the net.
Mourinho protested, but on reflection even he will probably admit that was no more than Swansea deserved - even though he wouldn't say so.
Monk replaced man of the match Gomis with his new £5million striker, Eder, with 10 minutes to go because, he revealed afterwards, he had run himself into the ground - as did most of his team-mates.
They had put on the show they set out to "showcase the talent we have in the squad" and left with plenty of people liking what they saw.
Mourinho, who had a go at his medical team in frustration at the end, left knowing that if Swansea are anything to go by the rest of this season is going to be a lot tough than the last one.
Chelsea: Courtois; Ibramovich, Cahill, Terry, Azpilicueta; Fabregas (Zouma 76), Matic; Willian (Falcao 83), Oscar (Begovic 52) Hazard; Costa.
Swansea: Fabianski; Naughton, Fernandez, Williams, Taylor; Ki (Cork 41), Sigurdsson; Ayew, Shelvey, Montero (Routledge 71); Gomis (Eder 79)
Man Of The Match: Bafe Gomis. The Swansea striker made one and scored one and was the sort of handful John Terry in particular didn't relish at all.
Referee: Michael Oliver.
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