The Blues, who have only managed 4 points since the premiership kicked off on August 8 fell at the Goodison park to Everton on Saturday with Naismith striking three times for the home side.
"We deserved better and played for a better result,’ said Mourinho. ‘It’s too heavy for the way the players started the game, finished the game and played during the game. Confidence is low, we’re a team with some doubts, about some lucky and unlucky incidents in each game, but I felt the players deserved a better result than we got.
"The biggest concern is that everything goes against us. We know we are making mistakes but with every mistake we are punished immediately. We lose a player for the first time, goal. One shot from outside the box, goal. After that it was a fantastic reaction. Eden Hazard had two fantastic chances with two shots, the ball hit the defender twice and when it looks like the ball was going in it goes for a corner.
"In the second half we had control, we changed and took risks. They defended and the first time they crossed the midfield line they scored another goal. Everything is going against us. The players feel that way. It’s the old story of the striker who, when things are going well, there is a cross and he scores with his elbow or knee. When things go wrong he hits a fantastic shot, the ball hits the bar and post and comes out. Everything is more difficult.’
He felt our task was made all the more difficult by falling behind
"When you play against teams that are winning it's more difficult. I want to play against Everton like I did last season, when we were winning, then you have clear chances. When you are playing against a team who is winning they defend, they accumulate players behind the ball so it’s more difficult. Hazard had two shots where the goalkeeper goes to one side, the ball goes to the other side after hitting a defender and goes for a corner. Anybody who has played football, it doesn’t matter about the level, knows what that is.’
Mourinho explained what his side need in order to restore confidence
"We need to win a couple of consecutive matches, we need the players to smile again, we need the strikers to score goals, we need the defenders to not make mistakes and be punished, we need confidence. Confidence is fundamental and at the moment everything is going against us. The players fight, play, try, like they did, but the reality is that at the moment it’s difficult for them. It’s not easy to play football with the confidence level low.'
Mourinho was asked how it feels to be Chelsea manager right now
"It’s a pleasure. It’s an honour and a happiness every day."
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