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Jose Mourinho has answered critics claiming his second reign as Chelsea boss is in tatters. Chelsea lost their Premier League game against Everton at the weekend and surrendered to their second defeat in five days at home to Basel in the Champions League. Mourinho has been a subject of football jokes in Spain where he used to coach Real Madrid with Spanish based Marca focusing on a �Not so special one� article for the Portuguese. Mourinho speaking ahead of Chelsea�s game against Fulham at his Friday press conference said: �I accept critics and for sure I�ll agree with some and disagree with others.But the first thing I have to say is we�ve lost nothing and I�m not worried. We haven�t finished third in our Champions League group and been relegated to the Europa League. �And we didn�t finish third in the Premier League. I know the steps I have to take. We�ve lost one match in the Premier League and the other five contenders for the title have all lost one game also with the exception of Liverpool. �In the Champions League we lost a match we shouldn�t lose, and I agree completely with that, but we were not relegated to the Europa League. �It�s not the way you start the season but the way you finish. You want to start good and finish good. But it�s better to start bad and finish well, rather than start well and finish bad.� Chelsea play Fulham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.