the press following the FA Cup
defeat to Manchester City and
blamed the recent dispute involving
him and Arsene Wenger on the
media
Jose Mourinho says he has been painted
as "the bad guy" following the recent
comments exchanged between the
Chelsea manager and his Arsenal
counterpart Arsene Wenger .
On Friday, Mourinho called Wenger "a
specialist in failure" after the Frenchman
stated his belief that Mourinho's "fear of
failure" was the chief cause for the
Portuguese playing down Chelsea's title
prospects.
But when the Chelsea boss was asked
about the recent media furore in his
post-match press conference, he said he
has been portrayed as the wrongdoer in
the episode.
"It's your [the media's] fault. It's always
the same guy who is the bad guy,"
Mourinho told reporters.
"You like it that way. One is polite and
the other one is the bad guy. I'm not
surprised."
Chelsea were knocked out of the FA Cup
in the fifth round by Manchester City,
with goals from Stevan Jovetic and the
returning Samir Nasri giving Manuel
Pellegrini's side victory at the Etihad.
Mourinho paid credit to City for their
victory and admitted that the best side
had won. He did, however, state his
belief that the second goal, Nasri's effort,
was offside and criticised referee Phil
Dowd and his assistants for their second-
half display.
"When the best team wins, football is in
peace," said Mourinho.
Meanwhile, on the disappointing
performance of striker Samuel Eto'o, the
Portuguese coach said: "There are things I
cannot say. There are things I can just
think and keep for myself.
"I don't want to individualise. I don't
want to speak about my striker, my
keeper or my left-back or wherever. We
are a team. We win, we lose."
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