Jose Mourinho reportedly has 2 games to save his job at Chelsea

Jose Mourinho did not lose his job for losing to Liverpool this weekend, but it’s being widely reported that he’s on the ropes. According to ESPN FC, Mourinho will have to show big improvement and get results over the next two matches to keep his position at Chelsea.

If their information is accurate -- and this is being insinuated at multiple outlets, just not stated quite as strongly -- the timing makes sense. Even if Chelsea fall farther behind Spurs and Liverpool with a bad result at Stoke, a replacement would have plenty of time to get them back into the top four if they took over in November. This weekend’s match is also the last before an international break, so Mourinho’s replacement would likely be able to take the reins from their first match back, as opposed to having an assistant take charge of a game or two.

There were some good goals this weekend, but none of them beat Didier Drogba’s tackle. (r/soccer)

To make things worse for Mourinho, he’s getting personally sued by Eva Carneiro. (Telegraph)

Expect Remi Garde to take the Aston Villa job. (Guardian)

Vincent Kompany on City fans booing the Champions League anthem: “It’s not holy.” (Guardian)

Benedikt Höwedes will miss Schalke’s derby against Dortmund. (Bundesliga)

Real Madrid will get Pepe and James Rodriguez back to face PSG. (AS)

AC Milan’s Alex suffered a concussion against Lazio and was kept in the hospital overnight. (Football Italia)

Shuaib Ahmed on CD Palestino and Palestinian-Chileans. (These Football Times)

James Yorke on Mourinho, Watford and other Premier League stat stories. (Stats Bomb)

Ian King on Leeds fans buying their club back. (Two Hundred Percent)

Here’s a recap of all of Saturday’s EPL action.

You can find highlights of this Sunday’s four MLS playoff games here. (MLS)

Real Madrid had no problem beating Las Palmas. (Managing Madrid)

Barcelona struggled a bit, but did well to win away to a tough Getafe side. (Barca Blaugranes)

Juventus got a big derby win over Torino. (Black and White and Read All Over)

Roma fell off first as Inter got a big win. (Chiesa Di Totti)

Milan earned three big points against Lazio. (AC Milan Offside)

EPL: Spurs vs. Aston Villa (3 p.m.) -- You don’t get your dream Spurs vs. Sherwood matchup, but it should be more fun without Tactics Tim.