Jose Mourinho’s half-time blast does the trick for Chelsea

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho delivered an expletive-laden half-time team talk that fired his side to a 3-1 comeback victory over Leicester City on Wednesday and moved them to within three points of the Premier League title.

Chelsea trailed to a Marc Albrighton goal in first half-stoppage time after a lifeless opening 45 minutes when they were a long way short of their crushing best.

The Portuguese coach admitted he let rip in the interval before second-half goals from Didier Drogba, John Terry and Ramires delivered all three points and left them needing to beat Crystal Palace on Sunday to win their first title since 2010.

“If I tell you on television what I said it will be ‘peep peep peep’. Too many peeps,” he said on the BBC.

Captain Terry admitted they “got a telling off at half-time” but would not elaborate on what exactly Mourinho had said to provoke the impressive turnaround.

The second-half display was typified by the performance of Drogba, who had been subdued before the break but rekindled memories of the forward at his menacing best as he led the charge after the interval.

Chelsea superbly dismantled an in-form Leicester side who had won their last four games in their battle to avoid relegation.