10 Times Sunderland Defied All Footballing Logic

2. The End Of Mourinho's Incredible Home Record

Stamford Bridge, 19/4/2014. Though everybody seems to be getting points at Stamford Bridge nowadays, there was a time when nobody had beaten Chelsea on their own patch in the league under Jose Mourinho. His incredible unbeaten home record stretched back 77 games, and Chelsea needed a win against 20th place Sunderland to keep their title ambitions alive.

The game started in unsurprising fashion. Samuel Eto'o gave Chelsea the lead after just 12 minutes, and the general feeling was things were about to get pretty ugly for Sunderland.

Then the almost impossible started to unfold. Connor Wickham put Sunderland level just six minutes later after following up Marcos Alonso's shot, and suddenly, the Wearsiders had something to hold onto. Chelsea dominated from that point onwards. They had 62% of the ball, 31 shots (15 on target) and numerous penalty appeals.

81 minutes had gone by, and the game was somehow still level. Then, Jozy Altidore (possibly the worst player on the pitch at the time) touched the ball towards the byline, and found himself brought down by Cesar Azpilicueta. Penalty given.

Fabio Borini stepped up and convincingly dispatched the spot-kick, and Sunderland clung on for dear life. The game ended 2-1 to the visitors, and Sunderland had ruined Mourinho's incredible home record en route to a famous 'great escape' - ending The Blues' title hopes in the process.