Jose
Mourinho played down his touchline bust-up with Arsene Wenger during
Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge.
The two managerial foes clashed in the first half after Wenger reacted
angrily to Gary Cahill's dangerous tackle on Alexis Sanchez with the
Frenchman shoving Mourinho in the chest.
Mourinho claims there was nothing major in the clash insisting he had no
problems with Wenger pushing him.
Asked about the Wenger incident, Mourinho told Sky Sports: "For me, it is
over.
"But the technical area is very clear - I have mine, he has his and he
cannot come to mine, especially to put pressure on the referee to give a red
card to my player.
"So I just told him 'leave my technical area and don't come back please'."
Then asked if it was a big deal that Wenger had put his hands on him,
Mourinho said: "No, it is no problem."
Mourinho did feel Arsenal could have finished the game with eight men
suggesting Laurent Koscielny, Calum Chambers and Danny Welbeck were all
fortunate to escape red cards from referee Martin Atkinson.
"I think the referee, from a technical point of view, had a fantastic
performance in a difficult, technical, fast match with lots of runs behind -
also the linesmen had a difficult game and I think they did a fantastic job.
"But Arsenal could have finished with eight men, because it is a red card
for Koscielny, it is a double yellow card for Chambers in the first half,
and clear was a red card for Welbeck.
"But I accept that the Welbeck red card was not given - the game was over
and Welbeck is a good kid and is not aggressive. It was just maybe a
reaction, some frustration.
"So I have no complaint really but my boys are doing fantastic we beat a
good Arsenal."
Mourinho was delighted with his side's victory as they moved five points
clear at the top of the table thanks to Eden Hazard's penalty and Diego
Costa's second half goal.
"It was a difficult game," noted Mourinho. "They started better than us, but
Eden gave us the penalty and the first goal and the game could have finished
there if it had been a red card.
"At the end of day they had more of the ball than us but we had the chances
so we scored two goals, we won and I am happy we beat a good team."
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