Jose Mourinho congratulates Mike Dean and Mike Riley after losing proud unbeaten record as Chelsea boss at Stamford Bridge

• Jose Mourinho refuses to answer questions after loss to Sunderland
• Chelsea boss congratulates Sunderland on their 2-1 win
• Portuguese manager praises his team for their performance
• Mourinho 'congratulated' Mike Riley for the way the title race has unfolded

Jose Mourinho accused referees of all but deciding the Premier League title after losing his 77-game unbeaten League record at Stamford Bridge with defeat by Sunderland.
The Chelsea manager was furious with officials for awarding a penalty when Cesar Azpilicueta brought down Jozy Altidore and Fabio Borini, a former Chelsea striker who is at Sunderland on loan from title rivals Liverpool, made it 2-1 from the penalty spot.
Mourinho blasted Dean and referee's chief Mike Riley, aiming a sarcastic rant at the officials — even though his own assistant Rui Faria was sent off for an extraordinary rant after the spot-kick when he had to be restrained by fellow members of the back-room team.

Wild thing: Jose Mourinho praised his players, congratulated Sunderland and launched thinly-veiled swipes at Mike Dean and Mike Riley in his post-match interview with Sky Sports

Crumpled in a heap: Jozy Altidore and Cesar Azpilicueta collided in the area with referee Mike Dean pointing to the spot

Congratulations: Chelsea players surround Mike Dean after the Wirral official awarded the game-deciding spot kick

'Just to say I will not wait for your questions,' said Mourinho. 'I'm so sorry about it. But in three or four points I can say everything I can say, so I won't waste time with the questions you will ask me.
'The first is to congratulate my players. They did everything they could, playing from the first minute to the last seconds, and deserved that. Sometimes we praise the players when we win. I think it's fair to praise my players after the defeat.
'Secondly, congratulations to Sunderland. It doesn't matter how, why or in which way they won, they won. They won three fantastic points. I think it's also fair to congratulate them.
'Third point, I want to congratulate again Mike Dean. I think his performance was unbelievable and I think when referees have unbelievable performances, I think it's fair that as managers we give them praise. So, fantastic performance. He came here with one objective. To make a fantastic performance. And he did that.
'And fourth, congratulations also to Mike Riley, the referees' boss. What they are doing through the whole season is fantastic, especially in the last couple of months, and in teams involved in the title race. Absolutely fantastic.'

'Doing a great job': Mike Riley sends off Chelsea's Michael Ballack in 2006. The former Leeds official has been manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Board since 2009

Faria's furious touchline outburst could leave Mourinho's No 2 in trouble with the Football Assciation, with the incident sure to feature in Dean's report tomorrow morning. To compound that, midfielder Ramires is facing a four-game suspension himself after TV replays caught the Brazilian aiming an elbow at Seb Larsson late in the first half.
The result means Liverpool can extend their lead over Chelsea at the top to five points with victory at Norwich.
It was Mourinho's first defeat in a home league game as Chelsea manager, in his 78th match at Stamford Bridge. He has won 61 of those and drawn 16. The last team to win away at Chelsea in the league were QPR back in January 2013 (1-0).
Sunderland became only the second away side to score more than once at Stamford Bridge in the league this season after West Brom.

Down in the dumps: Mourinho reiterated his thoughts in his post-match press conference

Their captain John O'Shea said: 'Have a guess what the manager's half-time team talk was? Be the team to beat that record. What will the headlines be in the morning now?
'Obviously, with the position we're in, people are writing us off. We had the belief that when we can play we can beat anybody. We can't just do it against the so-called big teams, we have to do it every week and then we'll get a chance.
'The manager deserves a lot of credit. I think Mike Dean was very brave [to give the penalty]. We have to believe we can stay up. We've given ourselves a great chance.'
Chelsea took the lead through Samuel Eto'o in the 12th minute but Poyet's side equalised within six minutes after Connor Wickham capitalised on Mark Schwarzer's mistake. Schwarzer was deputising for first-choice Petr Cech who was suffering with an illness.

Unbelievable performance: Dean came in for some sarcastic comments after Chelsea's defeat at Stamford Bridge

And the decisive moment arrived eight minutes from time as former Blues striker Borini scored from the spot. He said: 'It was three points for the game and Chelsea were up for the league and we showed we have great character and great belief.'
Poyet, whose side moved to within three points of safety, admitted Sunderland were fortunate to be awarded the match-winning penalty. 'If it was against me, I would have reacted the same,' he said.

'Emotion, key moment in the season, it could be the key moment for the title, that one.
'When it's for you, you feel you can see why he gave it. Especially the linesman when Azpilicueta goes down. 'But if it was against me, in a situation like that, I would have been fuming, for sure.'