A timeline of Mourinho's fall from grace at Stamford Bridge

It's been quite a week already for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, with Chelsea's 3-1 loss to Liverpool, a $86,000 fine and legal action from a former employee that makes it the perfect time to look back his controversial start to the season - on and off the pitch.

It's been a stinker of a season to date for Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho Source: AAP

8 August: Mourinho criticises Chelsea first-team doctor Eva Carneiro and physiotherapist Jon Fearn for naivety in running on to the field to treat Eden Hazard in the opening-day draw with Swansea. Mourinho is cleared by the Football Association of abusing Carneiro, who then subsequently leaves Chelsea.

16 August: Chelsea lose 3-0 away to Manchester City, with Mourinho substituting captain John Terry at half-time.

29 August: Mourinho's 100th Premier League home match results in only a second loss as his side go down 2-1 to Crystal Palace.

12 September: The Blues lose again as they are beaten 3-1 at Everton, Steven Naismith with a hat-trick.

19 September: Diego Costa is banned retrospectively for a running feud with Arsenal defenders Laurent Koscielny and Gabriel in Chelsea's 2-0 win. Arsene Wenger avoids censure afterwards for calling referee Mike Dean "weak and naive". Mourinho turns his frustrations to Wenger and the FA.

29 September: Chelsea lose 2-1 to Mourinho's old club Porto in the Champions League.

3 October: After a fourth league defeat, 3-1 to Southampton, Mourinho questions whether he will be sacked and subsequently receives the first vote of confidence in a manager in the 12 years of Roman Abramovich's ownership. He is, though, hit with a $107,000 fine and suspended one-match stadium ban for comments after the loss about referee Robert Madley, which, an independent panel judges, alleged bias.

15 October: The Portuguese maintains his attack on the FA, calls his fine a "disgrace" and says: "I'm happy that I don't have an electronic tag."

17 October: Mourinho rounds on star player Hazard after dropping him to the bench for the 2-0 win over Aston Villa and demands the Belgian improve his defensive work rate.

24 October: Chelsea lose again, 2-1 at West Ham, losing Nemanja Matic to a first-half red card and also having assistant first-team coach Silvino Louro sent to the stands. Mourinho does not emerge on the touchline for the second half, having also been sent off.

26 October: Mourinho charged with misconduct over his behaviour at West Ham.

27 October: Holders Chelsea are knocked out of the Capital One Cup after losing their fourth-round tie to Stoke on penalties.

31 October: Chelsea suffer yet another defeat as Liverpool are 3-1 winners at Stamford Bridge. The club's position on his future, publicly at least, is unchanged from the vote of confidence at the start of the month.

2 November: Reports emerge that papers will be served on Mourinho this week as part of separate but connected claims against him and against the club by Carneiro.

2 November: Mourinho is given a one-match stadium suspension with immediate effect and fined $86,000 after admitting an FA charge of misconduct over his behaviour at West Ham.