The pressure on Jose Mourinho intensified on Tuesday night after his Chelsea side were dumped out of the Capital One Cup on penalties by 10-man Stoke.

The beleaguered boss, looking for some respite from his team's awful form in the Barclays Premier League, found only more misery as Eden Hazard's spot-kick was saved by Jack Butland following a 1-1 draw, giving Stoke a 5-4 shoot-out success.

The defeat was Chelsea's fourth in their last six games in all competitions and will turn up the heat yet further on the under-fire Portuguese manager.

Under pressure: Jose Mourinho

The holders looked set to lose in 90 minutes as Jonathan Walters' 52nd-minute goal, a fine shot on the turn from the edge of the area, put the Potters in front.

But Loic Remy, on for the injured Diego Costa before half-time, fired home in injury-time when the ball broke to him following a corner, and Stoke lost Phil Bardsley to a second yellow card shortly after.

But the hosts held on for penalties and after nine successful attempts Butland denied Hazard to send Stoke into the quarter-finals.