There will be no exchange of flowers but when Mourinho charted the evolution of his relationship with Ranieri and spoke with genuine admiration for the work he has done at Leicester – they were top until Manchester City’s late victor against Swansea, while Chelsea sit glumly in 15th – and it was clear the daggers that were once drawn, mainly by Mourinho, have long since been put down.
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Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri and Jamie Vardy have won November’s Premier League Manager and Player of the Month awards respectively.
Per Charlie Eccleshare of the Daily Telegraph, he said: “Before we lost the last three points against Bournemouth, I was convinced of a great December for us, to go for fourth”.
Anything is possible, and that’s why we watch football.
“But if you ask me if the bubble will burst and we will lose that next game, my philosophy and answer is always, ‘No!'”
The latest to join the duo was Cesc Fabregas, who dropped to the bench for the Champions League game against FC Porto, which the Blues won to progress to the last 16 stage of the competition. “Sooner or later we will score, so if we maintain a clean sheet, we can win”, Ranieri said. “When you start scoring and you carry on it gives you more confidence so maybe that has helped me”. Everyone who is at this club for a certain period of time likes the club very much and Ranieri is showing the nice feeling he has, but I also believe what he says [about a top-four finish].
“They’re not in the best of form at the moment and they should be doing a lot better”, Morgan told the club’s official website.
The defending Premier League champions are suffering a hard campaign, including last weekend’s 1-0 defeat at home to Bournemouth.
When you are champions and winning matches, you wave, you share the emotion with the people.
“If they get result after result, it is because they can win the title”.
While Liverpool are not where they want to be in the table right now, Chelsea are certainly furious with their league position.
The 34-year-old believes Mourinho is still “the best manager in the world” and think the Portuguese manager still has a chance of steering the side to the title.
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Mourinho added that Chelsea’s poor results have made him “embarrassed” and unsure how to respond when fans chant his name.
