English newspapers carried a wealth of egg-related puns to mock Jose Mourinho after his side Chelsea lost in a shock defeat to Basel in their Champions League group after he earlier described his players as 'beautiful, young eggs'.
According to Gulf News, 'Mourinho has egg on his face' and 'Mourinho shell shocked' appeared in more than one paper, while yesterday's The Sun went for 'Rotten Eggs' as the media heaped blame on the Portuguese manager for Wednesday's 2-1 home defeat.
It was Chelsea's first home defeat in the Champions League group stages in 30 matches and followed a loss to Everton in the Premier League last Saturday, the report said.
Meanwhile, defender Gary Cahill said Chelsea still had time to recover, adding that it was not a disaster, but it was still not ideal.