[ 2014-10-05 ]

Arsene Wenger (in blue shirt) and Jose Mourinho (right)

Mourinho refuses to apologise for calling Wenger a 'specialist in failure'
Jose Mourinho has refused to apologise to Arsene
Wenger for the "specialist in failure" jibe he
aimed at the Arsenal manager last season.

The Portuguese hit back at his counterpart in
February for branding him "afraid to fail" after
repeated assertions that his then-table-topping
Chelsea side were not favourites for the Premier
League title.

He told reporters: "I didn’t get an apology so I
don’t apologise. My feeling is to get over it,
forget it and to move forward without thinking
about what happened, you don’t need to
apologise.

"I don’t need to get an apology, I don’t need
to apologise. Football people, intelligent people
we don’t need that. Finish, move and let’s go
for another match with a big responsibility for
both of us.

"We manage two big clubs in London and have
responsibility to have a good football match for
millions of fans that both clubs have and the
league has. So no problems."

Arsenal travel to Stamford Bridge on Sunday for
the first time since a humiliating 6-0 loss in
Wenger's 1000th game in charge, but Mourinho sees
no reason to dwell on the result despite expecting
to win again.

"The 6-0 is once every 50 years," said Mourinho.
"Me against Arsene Wenger? I never had the
pleasure to play one-on-one against him. It's
Chelsea and Arsenal and even that doesn't play a
part.

"What happens in the past, is the past. It's a
difficult match against a good team.

"I expect a difficult match, it doesn’t matter
their approach or what they try to do. They will
always be a difficult opponent. But I always
expect [to win] every game, every opponent.
Nothing changes that."

Source - Joy News

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