Relegation threatened Sunderland, dealth a huge blow of Chelsea's tittle hopes as they defeat the Londoners 2-1 at the Stamford Bridge giving themselves a huge boost in their fight out of the drop as the season winds down and handing Liverpool an advantage to further extend their lead at the summit of the log.
Victory for Sunderland not only means Chelsea have loose out of the tittle race it also means Mourinho's 77 matches unbeaten run for the 'Blues' in two Spells has come to an end.
Samuel Eto'o gave the Londoners an early lead when he scored from a corner kick, the lead lasted for only six minutes as Sunderland equalised through Connor Wickham after Mark Schwarzer had spilled a Marcos Alonso shot.
Late in the game Fabio Borini scored from a penalty to inflict on Jose Mourinho his first home Premier League defeat in 78 games as Chelsea manager.
Goalkeeper, Petr Cech was missing from the lineup as he was said to be down with a virus, Eden hHazard was also ruled out of the encounter but samuel Eto'o returned to the starting lineup after spells on the sideline in recent weeks while Sunderland remained unchanged from the side that drew at midweek against Manchester City.
Chelsea begun the match on a strong foot, and were quick to stamp their dominance as Eto'o capitalised on some slack Sunderland marking from a corner to open the scoring.
Willian's delivery from a corner kick found the Cameroun international, who pounced in front of Lee Cattermole to sidefoot his 12th goal of the season from close range.
The lead however will not last for too long. As players were gathered in Chelsea's penalty area, Seb Larson found left back, Marcos Alonso outside the box, and he fired towards goal a fierce shot which Mark Schwarzer spilled and Connor Wickham reacted quicker than John Terry to score his third goal of the week, having scored two against Manchestr City on Wednesday.
Chelsea were denied a goal on the half hour when Nemanja Matic was adjudged to have fouled Jack Colback as he nodded the ball down for Terry to sweep home a volley.
Shortly afterwards, Sunderland were saved by the woodwork as Vito Mannone somehow managed to deflect Branislav Ivanovic's header from point-blank range onto the underside of the bar.
Sunderland were indebted to their goalkeeper three more times as he saved from Matic, Mohamed Salah and Willian.
And in a frantic end to the half, two penalty appeals were turned down by referee Dean as Alonso appeared to handle inside the box and Sebastian Larsson shoulder-barged Ramires off the ball in front of goal.
Clearly irked by what he saw as an unfair challenge, Ramires was lucky to escape punishment moments later as he elbowed Larsson in full view of Referee, Mark Dean.
Chelsea picked up where they left off in the second half as a brisk counter-attack ended with Eto'o sweeping narrowly past the post.
Mourinho brought on Demba Ba for the final half hour, but the Senegalese striker missed a glorious chance as he sliced horribly wide from Willian's cut-back.
Chelsea's commitment to attack left them exposed on the break and they paid the ultimate price as Azpilicueta's slip let in Altidore down the right. and his evntual slid in to try to challenge the American and was ruled for a foul in the penalty area.
Former Chelsea forward Borini, who is on loan from Liverpool, kept a cool head to slot the ball past Schwarzer and send the visiting Sunderland fans into raptures.
Substitute Andre Schurrle responded with a dipping shot from 30 yards which again saw Mannone produce heroics to tip over, before the Italian confidently gathered a Terry header to snuff out Chelsea's last hope.
The award of a marginal penalty so late in the game sparked anger on the Chelsea bench and Mourinho had to restrain assistant coach Rui Faria, who was seeking to confront referee Mike Dean.
Faria was sent to the stands to watch the final stages as the match - and quite possibly Chelsea's chances of winning the league - fizzled out.
The shock result leaves the second-placed Blues two points behind Liverpool, who will play Norwich on Sunday before hosting Chelsea next week.
Meanwhile, Sunderland, who had secured a point at title-chasing Manchester City in midweek, have closed to within three points of Norwich, who are occupying the final spot above the relegation zone.
While the result was a huge coup for the Black Cats, it represents a devastating blow for Mourinho, who must rouse his men for their trip to Atletico Madrid for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday.
Victory for Sunderland not only means Chelsea have loose out of the tittle race it also means Mourinho's 77 matches unbeaten run for the 'Blues' in two Spells has come to an end.
Samuel Eto'o gave the Londoners an early lead when he scored from a corner kick, the lead lasted for only six minutes as Sunderland equalised through Connor Wickham after Mark Schwarzer had spilled a Marcos Alonso shot.
Late in the game Fabio Borini scored from a penalty to inflict on Jose Mourinho his first home Premier League defeat in 78 games as Chelsea manager.
Goalkeeper, Petr Cech was missing from the lineup as he was said to be down with a virus, Eden hHazard was also ruled out of the encounter but samuel Eto'o returned to the starting lineup after spells on the sideline in recent weeks while Sunderland remained unchanged from the side that drew at midweek against Manchester City.
Chelsea begun the match on a strong foot, and were quick to stamp their dominance as Eto'o capitalised on some slack Sunderland marking from a corner to open the scoring.
Willian's delivery from a corner kick found the Cameroun international, who pounced in front of Lee Cattermole to sidefoot his 12th goal of the season from close range.
The lead however will not last for too long. As players were gathered in Chelsea's penalty area, Seb Larson found left back, Marcos Alonso outside the box, and he fired towards goal a fierce shot which Mark Schwarzer spilled and Connor Wickham reacted quicker than John Terry to score his third goal of the week, having scored two against Manchestr City on Wednesday.
Chelsea were denied a goal on the half hour when Nemanja Matic was adjudged to have fouled Jack Colback as he nodded the ball down for Terry to sweep home a volley.
Shortly afterwards, Sunderland were saved by the woodwork as Vito Mannone somehow managed to deflect Branislav Ivanovic's header from point-blank range onto the underside of the bar.
Sunderland were indebted to their goalkeeper three more times as he saved from Matic, Mohamed Salah and Willian.
And in a frantic end to the half, two penalty appeals were turned down by referee Dean as Alonso appeared to handle inside the box and Sebastian Larsson shoulder-barged Ramires off the ball in front of goal.
Clearly irked by what he saw as an unfair challenge, Ramires was lucky to escape punishment moments later as he elbowed Larsson in full view of Referee, Mark Dean.
Chelsea picked up where they left off in the second half as a brisk counter-attack ended with Eto'o sweeping narrowly past the post.
Mourinho brought on Demba Ba for the final half hour, but the Senegalese striker missed a glorious chance as he sliced horribly wide from Willian's cut-back.
Chelsea's commitment to attack left them exposed on the break and they paid the ultimate price as Azpilicueta's slip let in Altidore down the right. and his evntual slid in to try to challenge the American and was ruled for a foul in the penalty area.
Former Chelsea forward Borini, who is on loan from Liverpool, kept a cool head to slot the ball past Schwarzer and send the visiting Sunderland fans into raptures.
Substitute Andre Schurrle responded with a dipping shot from 30 yards which again saw Mannone produce heroics to tip over, before the Italian confidently gathered a Terry header to snuff out Chelsea's last hope.
The award of a marginal penalty so late in the game sparked anger on the Chelsea bench and Mourinho had to restrain assistant coach Rui Faria, who was seeking to confront referee Mike Dean.
Faria was sent to the stands to watch the final stages as the match - and quite possibly Chelsea's chances of winning the league - fizzled out.
The shock result leaves the second-placed Blues two points behind Liverpool, who will play Norwich on Sunday before hosting Chelsea next week.
Meanwhile, Sunderland, who had secured a point at title-chasing Manchester City in midweek, have closed to within three points of Norwich, who are occupying the final spot above the relegation zone.
While the result was a huge coup for the Black Cats, it represents a devastating blow for Mourinho, who must rouse his men for their trip to Atletico Madrid for the first leg of their Champions League semi-final on Tuesday.
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