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Jose Mourinho has taken a dig at Arsene Wenger's youth policy as well as suggesting Manchester United have benefited from 'undeserved' successes this year.
Speaking in the aftermath of Chelsea's Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal, Mourinho praised Wenger's young side but was quick to point out that they were yet to win anything.
"Arsenal have great boys," said Mourinho.
"But I wouldn't be sad if a club gives me three, four, five years and tells me, 'You don't need to win. You can lose Premiership after Premiership, and you have three, four, five seasons to build'. I wouldn't be sad.
"Since I arrived, they have won nothing. Since we are at Chelsea, they lost Premierships, they lost the Charity Shield to us, they lost the Carling Cup to us. I don't think they are winning a lot.
"Absolutely brilliant young boys, manager top, team with a great future. But they didn't win."
He also felt that title rivals Manchester United had benefited from some good fortune this year, and that Cristiano Ronaldo was a diver.
"This is a season in which United have had no injuries and every player is fine to play. They go to the Champions League and have a disallowed goal for the opponent [Lille] and their goal is 'that' goal.
"They go to Fulham and it looks like they deserve to lose and they win. They play at Tottenham, it's 0-0 and Cristiano dives, they get a penalty and win 4-0. It looks like everything is on their side, but that's football.
"I didn't see the Fulham game to be fair, but the information I have is that it was completely undeserved. It's a game they could have lost and in the end they win it."
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2 points
1. Has Mourinho forgot about his diving players at Porto and Chelsea.
2. How many games have Chelsea deserve to win this season? but they ended up winning them because of a wonder strike.
e.g.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Everton 2 - 3 Chelsea
Wigan 2 - 3 Chelsea
Speaking in the aftermath of Chelsea's Carling Cup final victory over Arsenal, Mourinho praised Wenger's young side but was quick to point out that they were yet to win anything.
"Arsenal have great boys," said Mourinho.
"But I wouldn't be sad if a club gives me three, four, five years and tells me, 'You don't need to win. You can lose Premiership after Premiership, and you have three, four, five seasons to build'. I wouldn't be sad.
"Since I arrived, they have won nothing. Since we are at Chelsea, they lost Premierships, they lost the Charity Shield to us, they lost the Carling Cup to us. I don't think they are winning a lot.
"Absolutely brilliant young boys, manager top, team with a great future. But they didn't win."
He also felt that title rivals Manchester United had benefited from some good fortune this year, and that Cristiano Ronaldo was a diver.
"This is a season in which United have had no injuries and every player is fine to play. They go to the Champions League and have a disallowed goal for the opponent [Lille] and their goal is 'that' goal.
"They go to Fulham and it looks like they deserve to lose and they win. They play at Tottenham, it's 0-0 and Cristiano dives, they get a penalty and win 4-0. It looks like everything is on their side, but that's football.
"I didn't see the Fulham game to be fair, but the information I have is that it was completely undeserved. It's a game they could have lost and in the end they win it."
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2 points
1. Has Mourinho forgot about his diving players at Porto and Chelsea.
2. How many games have Chelsea deserve to win this season? but they ended up winning them because of a wonder strike.
e.g.
Chelsea 1 - 0 Liverpool
Chelsea 1 - 1 Arsenal
Everton 2 - 3 Chelsea
Wigan 2 - 3 Chelsea
