Mourinho was convinced the Blues should have emerged with at least a point from their visit to to St James' Park, where he is yet to win a Barclays Premier League game, but his only complaint was about the length of time it took the ball to arrive back on the pitch after it had gone out of play.
Hey Geordies ... give 'us the ball back!
Jose Mourinho (talking to the BBC): "You need one ball. Sometimes we had no balls and other times we had two balls.
"I don't like to lose because of bad decisions from the referee - but the referee was very good today; I don't like to lose and blame my players.
"But that wasn't the case today. We were just unlucky. They scored only the only two times they crossed the halfway line and scored two strange goals because of rebounds.
"But I am not going to criticise the way Newcastle played. We changed our strategy and played direct and we almost got the point we deserved.
"We were unlucky, but one day we will be lucky."
Asked if he believed his issue with the ball-boys and the crowd was a deliberate strategy, Mourinho replied cryptically: "Do you believe in Father Christmas?"