Jose Mourinho sent off after series of calls goes against Chelsea

Updated 24/10/2015 at 15:30 GMT

Chelsea's troubled season took a farcical turn late in the first half of their game against West Ham when they came out on the wrong side of a series of big decisions.

Jose Mourinho looks on during Chelsea's game at West Ham

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Trailing 1-0, the champions saw two goals ruled out, then saw Nemanja Matic sent off before Jose Mourinho and one of his coaches also got their marching orders.

Here's how it unfolded:

35th minute Ramires denied by goalline technology

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Ramires's goalbound header is cleared off the line by Lanzini and HawkEye says a tiny fraction of the ball was not over the line.

Mourinho right to be mad? No.

Well, that's what goalline technology's there for. Can it really be that perfectly accurate? Who knows, but it's surely better than the referee and linesman's naked eye at full speed.

42nd minute - Fabregas scores, goal ruled out for offside

Cesc Fabregas finishes smartly, but the flag is up and the goal is ruled out.

Mourinho right to be mad? No.

Chelsea's twitter account claimed the Spaniard was onside, but the evidence suggests otherwise. What's more, he was in acres of space and had no reason to stray beyond the last man when Willian played him through.

Cesc Fabregas had a goal disallowed for offside

44th minute - Red card! Matic sent off for second yellow

Nemanja Matic gets his marching orders for hauling Diafra Sakho clumsily over - having earlier been booked.

Mourinho right to be mad? No.

Matic's first booking came for a cynical foul to stop a counter-attack - the second challenge was more lumbering than malicious, but he clearly brought Sakho down after the ball had gone, and it looked like a booking to us.

Nemanja Matic leaves the pitch after being sent off

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45th minute - Silvino Louro sent to the stands... and Mourinho follows

Louro was ordered off by ref Jon Moss, while Mourinho did not return after half-time following an apparent exchange of views in the tunnel.

Mourinho right to be mad? We don't know.

Without knowing what Mourinho and Louro said and did, it's impossible to know if Moss overreacted. However, considering the ref got his decisions right, he did not deserve to be harangued by the Chelsea coaches.