CHELSEA V ARSENAL; Mourinho Hails Wenger

 

As Arsenal visit to Stamford Bridge today, which will eventually mark Wenger’s 1 000th game in charge of emirate team, Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho yesterday took another sly dig at him (Arsene Wenger), saying he would like to emulate Wenger’s longevity. “I admire him and I admire Arsenal,” the Portuguese told reporters.

Just last month, Mourinho called him a “specialist in failure” .
Mourinho could not resist a sting in the tail to the praise for a manager whose side have not won a trophy since 2005. “It is not possible to have 1 000 matches unless the club is also a fantastic club in the way they support their manager, especially in the bad moments and especially when the bad moments were quite a lot,” he said.