To Jose Mourinho, winning is the ultimate entertainment.

Style, flair, panache, excitement and compliments about the way Chelsea play are secondary, irrelevant in the quest for silverware. The Portuguese works on the theory that no Chelsea fan will have cause for complaint after a victory.

The catchphrase of Al Davis, the late owner of the Oakland Raiders, was: "Just win, baby." Winning ugly is still winning. And in the Premier League nobody does winning, good, bad or ugly, better than Mourinho's Chelsea, which has more victories — 23 — than anyone else.