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Jose Mourinho, Chelsea Manager
Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho has declined an opportunity to apologise for describing
Arsene Wenger as "a specialist in failure".
In
February, Mourinho made the comment about Wenger as a response to an initial
interview with the Frenchman regarding last season’s Premier League title race.
Wenger,
in reference to Mourinho's insistence that his side were outside bets for the
championship, had declared that the championship was Chelsea's to lose and said
anyone who claimed their team were not in the race did so out of fear of
failure.
The
following month Chelsea beat the Gunners 6-0 but ended the season without a
trophy while Wenger ended Arsenal's nine-year silverware drought by winning the
FA Cup.
"It
was a consequence of something," Mourinho said of his taunt. "It was
not a deliberate first option to say something. I didn't get an apology. I
don't apologise."
Mourinho
wants to leave the comment in the past.
"You
don't need to apologise," added Mourinho, who last season did say sorry
for calling Wenger a "voyeur" during his first spell.
"To
go over it, to forget it and to move forward without thinking about what
happened. We don't need that, finish, move and let's go for another match with
big responsibility for both of us.
"We
have the responsibility not to win, to give a good football match and for the
millions of fans that both clubs have. No problems.
"I
never had the opportunity to play against him, whether it was beach soccer or
whatever, it's only ever been Chelsea against Arsenal.
"It's
an amazing achievement (for him to be at Arsenal for 18 years) and I
congratulate him and the club."
Mourinho
will give Cesc Fabregas the opportunity to play against former club Arsenal in
a Chelsea shirt for the first time this weekend and while he feels the Gunners
supporters should give the midfielder a good reception, he doesn't care either
way.
"I
don't know really," he said. "The reaction from Arsenal fans, nobody
listens. It depends on what the Chelsea fans do, if they make noise nobody will
hear the Arsenal fans.
"It
depends on the club culture, as you saw with the Chelsea fans with Frank
Lampard. It depends, but Fabregas was almost made at Arsenal and I think the
feeling should be a good feeling between the fans and him.
"He's
been phenomenal for us in every game, no exception. He has responsibilities and
I couldn't be happier with the moment we decided to bring him to the
club."
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Chelsea
manager Jose Mourinho has declined an opportunity to apologise for
describing Arsene Wenger as "a specialist in failure".
In
February, Mourinho made the comment about Wenger as a response to an
initial interview with the Frenchman regarding last season’s Premier
League title race.
Wenger,
in reference to Mourinho's insistence that his side were outside bets
for the championship, had declared that the championship was Chelsea's
to lose and said anyone who claimed their team were not in the race did
so out of fear of failure.
The
following month Chelsea beat the Gunners 6-0 but ended the season
without a trophy while Wenger ended Arsenal's nine-year silverware
drought by winning the FA Cup.
"It
was a consequence of something," Mourinho said of his taunt. "It was
not a deliberate first option to say something. I didn't get an apology.
I don't apologise."
Mourinho wants to leave the comment in the past.
"You
don't need to apologise," added Mourinho, who last season did say sorry
for calling Wenger a "voyeur" during his first spell.
"To
go over it, to forget it and to move forward without thinking about
what happened. We don't need that, finish, move and let's go for another
match with big responsibility for both of us.
"We
have the responsibility not to win, to give a good football match and
for the millions of fans that both clubs have. No problems.
"I
never had the opportunity to play against him, whether it was beach
soccer or whatever, it's only ever been Chelsea against Arsenal.
"It's an amazing achievement (for him to be at Arsenal for 18 years) and I congratulate him and the club."
Mourinho
will give Cesc Fabregas the opportunity to play against former club
Arsenal in a Chelsea shirt for the first time this weekend and while he
feels the Gunners supporters should give the midfielder a good
reception, he doesn't care either way.
"I
don't know really," he said. "The reaction from Arsenal fans, nobody
listens. It depends on what the Chelsea fans do, if they make noise
nobody will hear the Arsenal fans.
"It
depends on the club culture, as you saw with the Chelsea fans with
Frank Lampard. It depends, but Fabregas was almost made at Arsenal and I
think the feeling should be a good feeling between the fans and him.
"He's
been phenomenal for us in every game, no exception. He has
responsibilities and I couldn't be happier with the moment we decided to
bring him to the club."
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