Summary Mourinho felt that his team had lost their 'emotional balance' after Cisse's second goal.
NEWCASTLE (AFP) - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accused the St James Park ball boys of taking too long to return the ball after his side s 2-1 loss at Newcastle United on Saturday.
Chelsea were bidding to set a new club record of 24 games without defeat, but Papiss Cisse s second-half brace gave Newcastle victory and breathed new life into the Premier League title race.
After Newcastle captain Steven Taylor had been sent off for picking up a second yellow card, Didier Drogba replied for Chelsea, but the hosts held on to prevent Mourinho s men opening up a provisional nine-point lead.
Referee Martin Atkinson added on six minutes of injury time, but Mourinho told the BBC: "There could have been 20 minutes stoppage time, but the situation would have been the same because things were happening outside the four lines that the referee couldn t control.
"The referee can t punish the ball boy who disappeared with the ball, the referee couldn t punish the people in the crowd who kept the ball."
Mourinho felt that his team had lost their "emotional balance" after Cisse s second goal in the 78th minute, but he played down the disappointment of losing an opportunity to complete an entire season unbeaten.
"I m not obsessed with records and statistics," he said. "That s not for me. I want to win the league."
Newcastle have now won their last three home games against Chelsea and manager Alan Pardew felt victory was fitting reward for his team s commitment.
"That was about character and discipline against probably the best team in Europe at the moment," he told BT Sport. "At the start I thought we stood off Chelsea a bit, but we stuck at it.
"I ve never had six minutes of stoppage time at home before. We ve heard of Fergie time , but that was about Mourinho time !
"It s a special day for us. At the end we had players flying in blocking shots, and that summed us up. We are in it together and pulling one way."
