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Mourinho: I'm happy for Bradford but ashamed for Chelsea

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho felt 'ashamed' and 'disgraced' for his club on Saturday afternoon.

The Blues, who are top of the Premier League table, crashed out of the FA Cup to Bradford City in the fourth round by virtues of a 4-2 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

Gary Cahill and Ramires had Chelsea two goals up on 38 minutes but Jon Steasd levelled for the League One Bantams four minutes before the break.

Three goals in the final 20 minutes from Bradford, scored by Filipe Morais, Andy Halliday and Mark Yeates, gave the West Yorkshire outfit a famous victory and even though Mourinho was happy for Phil Parkinson's men, he felt Chelsea's performance was a disgrace.

"In this moment I feel happy for them. I could find in my bad feeling with the game and with the result space to feel happy for them. I'm honest," said the Portuguese tactician.

"By another side I feel ashamed and I think the players should feel exactly the same as I feel.

"By one side this is the beauty of football, the beauty of the FA Cup. It happens more in the FA Cup than any other country.

"(But) I repeat the word that I used yesterday in case we lost - it's a disgrace. A sporting disgrace, but it's a disgrace.

"I know in the history of this competition it happens to every team now and again.

"For me it's the first time and I think it's unacceptable to lose against a team from a lower league."

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