Chelsea's Jose Mourinho reaches century milestone — but will only celebrate it if they lose

Jose Mourinho takes charge of his 100th Premier League game at Stamford Bridge - but will only go out for dinner if his Chelsea side lose.

Mourinho has won 76 times and lost just once across his two spells in charge of the west London club, and says he often walks home after games.

But he says he prefers to go out with his family after defeats rather than victories, to prove he is not hiding following a bad result.

Before Crystal Palace's visit on Saturday, the Special One said: "When you ask me about dinner, I'm more the opposite. If I lose, I go out. More that than if I win. I don't go out there. I have four or five restaurants where I go.

"It's like a family thing. I don't have to hide myself because I've lost a match, to make my family more sad than what they are because you lose, and stay at home because we lose. When people do their best, like I always try, and you lose you don't have to hide.

"Sometimes I walk to a restaurant close to the stadium. Like, the game can finish at 5pm and I can be walking there at 7.30pm and still people are in the bars and the streets."

Mourinho's only home defeat came against Sunderland in April 2014, and he laughed when someone joked that his wife does not get out very often.

"Last year..." he smiled.

"It's a nice record only if I win. At this moment, it's only game 100 that means something. The other 99 don't mean anything. Tomorrow, if I don't win, I'm not happy. It's only fantastic if I win against Crystal Palace."

It has been an incredible run for Mourinho, breaking records right, left and centre.

In total, this will be his 200th Premier League game in charge and he has taken 453 points from them — a better return than any other manager.

But this season has started slowly for a club that clinched the 2014-15 title with a home win over Palace, and Mourinho admits he will only know if his gamble to return late to pre-season has paid off at the end of the campaign.

Mourinho added: "Let's speak at the end of the season. Let's see how we finish, how the others finish, how we can cope - hopefully - with three or four competitions at the same time. Let's see.

"Chelsea had a fantastic start to the season last season, but a difficult period in a moment where it was crucial not to have it. We are trying to think in a different way now.

"I'm not saying things are going to finish in a wonderful way for us. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying we are trying. That is what we are trying."