Jose Mourinho has one person to blame for Chelsea's Champions League exit

Jose Mourinho blew it.

The randomness of Champions League officiating provided the "Special One" with a special gift in the form of a red card for Paris Saint-Germain's best player – based on finances, at least. A few seconds shy of the 31-minute mark, Zlatan Ibrahimovic was sent off, and about nine in 10 folks didn't believe he should have been, including Gary Neville on the feed broadcast throughout the United States.

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From the red card on, the home side increased the pressure and scored goal after goal. Calls for mercy fell on deaf ears, as emotionless mercenaries slammed seven goals past their short-handed opposition sending scores of fans into songs of celebration … Wait, that demolition took place in Germany on Wednesday where Pep Guardiola's Bayern Munich eviscerated Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 after gaining an early man advantage.

In London, Chelsea played for the next 89 minutes with a man advantage and drew 2-2 with PSG, promptly exiting the Champions League on away goals to the embarrassment of a full house at Stamford Bridge. Had this man been named Arsene Wenger, the streets would fill with revolutionary demanding the manager be removed. However, Mourinho will likely be standing victorious at season's end, as he nurses a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand to boot.

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"We had the game in our hands twice," Mourinho told a UEFA Champions League microphone shortly after Wednesday's match. "[PSG] coped better than us with the pressure of the game. I think maybe because they were with 10 men, we felt even more the pressure of winning, and they had nothing to lose."

For Mourinho, the tone of the interview shifted blame squarely on the players, who seemingly wilted under the pressure of the occasion.

"We concede two goals in two set pieces where the organization is clear. The markers are absolutely decided," Mourinho said in making clear his instructions had been clearly handed down and not followed. "In spite of our performance not [being] good enough, we concede two goals that are difficult to accept."

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The manager who should have been apologizing for getting his tactics woefully wrong opted, instead, to blame his players.

Correct, PSG scored on two corners, but they also earned 11 corners in total, which was four more than the Blues. Chelsea welcomed the visitors forward and did not pressure the ball until the halfway line. As a reminder, the Blues held a numerical advantage but still looked as though they lacked purpose, motivation and a clear mission. Eventually, the likes of David Luiz or Thiago Silva were bound to catch a header or two. Had Ibrahimovic still been on the pitch, he probably would have managed to stamp a forehead on a Javier Pastore delivery, too.

The motivational genius failed. The assembly of high-priced players failed. The tactics failed. The truth is Mourinho failed.

Beyond the corners, PSG played with comfort in Chelsea's home ground. The Parisians finished with a 90 percent pass rate and completed 545 passes, which added up to eight more passes than 11-man Chelsea.

Standout PSG midfielder Thiago Motta, who won the Champions League with Mourinho's Inter Milan, finished with the most completed passes in the game at 91. While Motta's play should be noted as exceptional, Chelsea's decision to retreat and absorb pressure helped the Italian international dictate the tempo along with midfielders Marco Veratti and Javier Pastore. The midfield trio ranked one through three with the most completed passes in the match.

For Mourinho, the failure to capitalize on an extra man advantage by disrupting PSG's midfield trio, causing mistakes in the opposition's half through pressure and playing with pace to tire out 10-man PSG can best be categorized as poor managing. Chelsea's players lacked urgency, misplaced passes and were utterly devoid of imagination going forward. They looked unprepared and unmotivated, which again, should fall on the manager's desk.

Even Chelsea's two goals left a great deal to the imagination and pointed to its lack of quality on the night. The first goal came off a Diego Costa mishit that found defender Gary Cahill's boot. The second goal would come from the penalty spot after an unnecessary and head-scratching handball by Silva. Along with the red card, luck gifted Chelsea two goals, and luck also kept out Edinson Cavani's inside-post-rattling effort. But even luck could not overcome Mourinho's negative tactics.

Considering he had the opportunity to meet with his team to reiterate tactics at halftime, at full time and at the halftime of extra time, Mourinho claiming his players suddenly folded under the pressure and only gave up two goals on missed assignments pushes a false narrative.

The true narrative is that Mourinho blew it.

Shahan Ahmed is a soccer columnist for Yahoo Sports. He has previously written about the 2014 World Cup and 2013 Confederations Cup and regularly provides opinions on the English Premier League, UEFA Champions League, German Bundesliga, Italian Serie A and Spanish La Liga. Follow Shahan on Twitter: @ShahanLA and @perfectpass