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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