Jose Mourinho walked out of his pre-match press conference ahead of Chelsea's Champions League clash with Steaua Bucharest.
Mourinho
was angered by questions surrounding the absence of Belgian attacking
midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, who did not travel to the Romanian capital
after being left out of the squad.
The Portuguese's decision to
leave Spanish playmaker Juan Mata out of a number of games this term has
come under much scrutiny, although the 25-year-old is in line to start
on Tuesday after setting up the equaliser in Chelsea's 1-1 draw with
Tottenham last Saturday.
Former Inter and Real Madrid manager
Mourinho - in his second stint with Chelsea - has clearly grown tired of
questions over his decisions, though, as the 50-year-old responded
irritably following enquiries as to why De Bruyne has been omitted.
"This
is fantastic because no one asks me about [Juan] Mata. You have spoken
about Mata for three weeks. Now you're asking about Kevin," he told
reporters.
"You are interested in the players who are not
playing. He was not selected. It was my decision. Only 11 can play and I
tried to decide, by what they do on the pitch when they play and in
training.
"I try to be honest all the time. I was honest with
Juan because of what he's done in training and what he's done in the
game he played, and so he plays.
"With Kevin I didn't like the match he played against Swindon [in the League Cup], and I didn't like the way he was training.
"But you only ask about the guys who were not selected. Thank you."
Mourinho
then left the room and will hope his players do the talking for him at
the Arena Nationala as they look to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat to
Basel in their opening Champions League fixture.
