NEWPORT’S Tony Pulis kept up his 100 per cent record against Jose Mourinho as West Bromwich Albion recorded a shock 3-0 victory over 10-man champions Chelsea last night.

Saido Berahino netted in each half and Chris Brunt added a third on the hour as the Baggies won an ill-tempered Premier League clash in their final home match of the season at the Hawthorns.

The visitors played for 60 minutes without Cesc Fabregas after he was dismissed for violent conduct just before the half-hour mark.

Pulis, whose side end the season at Arsenal on Sunday, is pleased to have steered Albion clear of the relegation zone.

“It's an extra three points and we'll finish 13th, nobody can catch us now – I'm delighted with that,” he said.

"If you look at the games we were going to finish on, the last five games, they were so difficult, and we were so on edge after we got beaten at home by QPR and Leicester, but the lads have bounced back and the performances they've put in against the bigger clubs have been wonderful.

"We played really well at times, defended well, kept a really good shape....the discipline was really good when we didn't have the ball and we made it difficult for Chelsea."

Pill boy Pulis may have enjoyed the upper hand over Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho again but he was full of praise for the way the Blues have won the title.

“He's been very good,” said Pulis, who was named manager of the year last season for saving Crystal Palace from the drop.

“I've managed against him twice now and have managed to beat him twice now – once at Palace and now once at West Brom.

"He's been very, very gracious in defeat. They've been worthy champions, a fantastic football club and they have some wonderful players.

“I've seen some people criticise them and it's just unbelievable. They've been, by a country mile, the best team in England this year."

The defeat was Chelsea's third loss of the season and ended their 16-match unbeaten run in the league ahead of their final match of at home to Sunderland on Sunday.

Mourinho applauded the club's supporters after the final whistle but blamed winning the title so early for the result.

He said: "I can't say (the result) is a big surprise for me.

"I know my players, I know myself and I know the nature of the game, I know what normally happens when a team is champion with matches in hand to play.

"This is just an example. When we're the champions early it's difficult to keep the motivation high.

"We've got lots of injuries and we've also players that we are protecting.

"For not to have any risk, the motivation is not so high and the intensity is not so high and when you lose that intensity of competition, it's difficult to complete at the highest level.

"I cannot blame my players without blaming myself because the ideal scenario is to be champion and go home and don't play again – so if we have to blame somebody, we have to blame Man City, Man United, Arsenal, Liverpool because they let us win the title so early and because we have to play these three matches, this can happen."