There is a strange story circulating on the net these days about a statistical oddity.Mourinho’s last 7 Premier League defeats have been against managers whose last names begin with the letter P- the latest effect of the curse of the letter P being the 2 -1 loss to Alan Pardew’s Crystal Palace.

Before that it was
Alan PARDEW
Dec. 6, 2014: Newcastle 2-1 Chelsea
Mauricio POCHETTINO
Jan. 1, 2015: Tottenham 5-3 Chelsea
Phil PARKINSON
Jan. 24, 2015: Chelsea 2-4 Bradford
Tony PULIS
May 18, 2015: West Brom 3-0 Chelsea
Manuel PELLEGRINI
Aug. 16, 2015: Manchester City 3-0 Chelsea
Gus POYET
April 19, 2014: Chelsea 1 Sunderland 2

Of the course the Crystal Palace was a double whammy because both manager and team have a second name started with the dread letter P.
Chelsea’s next game against a similar manager is 10 games from now.
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham will be their opponents on November 29.
So Mourniho has until then to figure out a solution to this P puzzle plaguing him.