Sunday's 1-1 draw with Everton at Stamford Bridge meant the Blues matched a record set by the all-conquering Liverpool side of the late Seventies and early Eighties, despite a below-par performance in which Mourinho lost another key player.

An injury to Jon Obi Mikel, which makes him highly doubtful for Saturday's FA Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley, overshadowed the fact that Chelsea have now gone three seasons without losing at home in the Premiership.

It means Mourinho could now struggle to name more than a 16-man squad for the final, which will be the first at the new Wembley since 2000, when the Blues won the trophy under Gianluca Vialli.

Didier Drogba, whose equaliser earned Chelsea a point, also claimed the Golden Boot as his 20th goal of the season saw him edge out Blackburn's Benni McCarthy as the league's leading marksman.

"It's nice to have levelled the record, but no more than that really," said Mourinho.

"We are in football to win trophies and championships, not to break records.

"It's an honour to have the record with a historical Liverpool team of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The culture of being strong at home, we need to keep.

"And we have the chance, if we win the first home game of next season, to make that record our own. It would be fantastic. We would become a team with some stamps.

"The second positive is that despite not playing well we finished the Premiership with some pride, some honour and with a good spirit. But this is not enough. I am not happy that we are not winners. But I am happy that we are not happy.

"It's incredible. I couldn't rest players. I just gave rest to Michael Essien and Claude Makelele. We lost Mikel and the reality is that for the final, I don't think we have 16 players."

David Moyes's Everton side, who have already qualified for the UEFA Cup, looked re-invigorated after the break after spending the majority of the first half on the back foot, and they took a surprise lead in the 50th minute thanks to striker James Vaughan.

With Chelsea struggling to get back into position following an attack of their own, Leon Osman carried the ball into the Blues half and brilliantly delayed his pass until he could pick out the unmarked Vaughan, who side footed the ball in at the far post.

Moments later it could have been game over, but this time Vaughan was denied by Peter Cech, who made a world-class one-handed save from the youngster's acrobatic effort.

Just as the visitors seemed to be dominating, Drogba came good and rescued his side with a leveller.

Shaun Wright-Phillips found room down the right in the 57th minute and his clever pull-back was met perfectly by the Ivorian, who arced the ball away from Tim Howard's despairing dive and into the far corner of the Amercian keeper's net.

Moyes felt that Paulo Ferreira had fouled Mikel Arteta in the build-up and he was sent to the stands for remonstrating with the officials.

Everton should have won it in stoppage time. James Beattie's close-range strike was ruled offside by a linesman even though it was James McFadden in an offside position.

"This is disappointing, we thought we were going to finish fifth," said Toffees manager Moyes.

"We were incensed by the decision not to award a foul against Paulo Ferreira in the build-up to their goal, it was a terrible decision and it was wrong.

"You have to work really hard for what you get at Chelsea and Petr Cech made a great save when we were a goal up. But we played really well."