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JOSE MOURINHO admits Chelsea are unlikely to clinch any silverware in his first season back at Stamford Bridge.

Jose Mourinho is facing a season of failure at Chelsea[REUTERS]

Chelsea's hopes of lifting the Champions League trophy for the second time in three years evaporated against Atletico Madrid last night.

Diego Simeone's side ran out deserved 3-1 winners to knock Mourinho and his men out of Europe, leaving them to focus on their domestic campaign.

Chelsea are two points behind Liverpool in the Premier League with just two games to go, although City would overtake the Reds as leaders should they win their game in hand.

Mourinho was well beaten by Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone [ACTION]

 

And Mourinho believes the final piece of silverware left for his team to chase is perhaps already out of reach.

"We are realistic, but at the same time we are optimistic," he said.

"When things go in a certain direction, there is a moment where you dream and you think that things are possible, even if things are not.

"And because we did well in the Champions League and in the Premier League, there was a moment where we felt we could do it.

"In the Premier League it was the match against Aston Villa that made me believe that we had no chance to be champions.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich sees his team's European hopes vanish at Stamford Bridge [ACTION]

We are realistic, but at the same time we are optimistic

Jose Mourinho

"After that we build again the momentum and we were waiting for the Liverpool match to be the title match, but we had another surprise against Sunderland.

"In the Champions League, it's the same. We knew that teams had more potential than us and were more ready than us to win the competition, but because you go step by step and beat Paris St Germain after a 3-1 defeat, you build your dream."

But goals from Adrian Lopez, Diego Costa and Ardu Turan left Mourinho's European dream in tatters, with Chelsea's title aspirations facing a similar outlook.