Mourinho said afterwards that it was “not a story”, but the Portuguese insists it is not something he would ever do and also made reference to Wenger pushing him on the touchline last season.
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‘I was doing what I think the status of my club and my status as a manager have to do, which is be there for the winners, to wait for them, ‘ said Mourinho.
Yes, you could be critical and say it doesn’t need a keeper to highlight something like that, but little things like that WILL make all the difference at Arsenal. “In my second season we did it and in my third season if you are close, you can always do it”. They do have one of the strongest squads and as long as the players stay fit, Arsenal will have a chance to win the league.
For some, it felt like just yesterday Chelsea FC were celebrating their fifth Barclay’s Premier League title.
“It hurts. It doesn’t matter if it’s a friendly or the Community Shield – it’s a trophy, at the end of the day”.
“That’s the mentality I was brought up with”. That’s the attitude he demands on a daily basis.
“Petr Cech has so much experience and gives us a huge boost before the start of the season”.
Of those nine at least three look highly astute, not least Jordan Veretout the exciting French midfielder who won the Under-20 World Cup two years ago alongside Paul Pogba and Geoffrey Kondogbia.
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s goal was all Arsenal needed to beat Chelsea on Sunday.
It is the defensive side of the game that has often been Arsenal’s Achilles heel, so it was encouraging for Wenger that his players were able to produce a dogged and tactically mature display to protect their first-half lead against Chelsea last Sunday. All that and I think this current squad has what it takes to be unbeatable, especially with the emergence of Eden Hazard and newly aquired pure striker Radamel Falcao. We still have another week of that before we get down to business.
After winning last season’s FA Cup final against Aston Villa in swaggering style and finishing strongly in the league, Ramsey sees no reason why Arsenal can’t win the title for the first time since 2004 – provided they avoid the kind of sluggish start that proved so costly past year.
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“In this moment we don’t have this problem”. Granted the Gunners have got a top-class goalkeeper for the first time in many years and that will help their credentials but Mourinho knows how to get his team over the line.
