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Chelsea boss Mourinho: It was a pen. End of.

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists they deserved their injury-time equaliser for the 2-2 draw with West Bromwich Albion.Eden Hazard - recalled to the side after being left out of the midweek Champions League win over Schalke for disciplinary reasons - converted after referee Andre Mariner pointed to the spot for what looked like a fair shoulder challenge by Steven Reid on Ramires.

Mourinho - who had not lost any of his previous 65 Premier League home games in two spells as Blues a manager, winning 51 - was in no doubt the referee had made the right call for the penalty.

"It is difficult for the team that is winning to accept because you are waiting for the last whistle and the penalty comes. But a penalty is a penalty, whether it is minute 94 or minute one," he said.

"This one was a penalty. From the bench, I did not know, I was too far away, but from looking at the (replay) screen, there are no doubts."

Mourinho felt West Brom's second goal should have been disallowed for a foul on Branislav Ivanovic.

"It is a big free-kick, just in front of the fourth official," he said.

"That's where I think the fourth official's job, instead of looking to see if the manager is in his technical area or not, he should participate in the game."

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