Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho believes it will be easy for his side to overtake Arsenal in the race for the Premier League title this season, and he insists that it is Manchester City that are their real rivals.
The Blues are currently second in the league, four points behind The Gunners, but two points ahead of City, who are in third, however, Mourinho has revealed that it’s the team below Chelsea that are more worrying than the team above them.
Speaking ahead of his side’s clash with Sunderland, The former-Real Madrid boss admitted that Manuel Pellegrini has a unique and gifted side which will certainly be close to the top come May time.
He explained: ‘City don’t have old players, they don’t have varying players. You see all of them, players with big maturity, players with big experience.
‘Sergio Aguero, Edin Dzeko, Alvaro Negredo, even Stevan Jovetic, these are the four strikers. And I say “even Jovetic” because he’s injured. If he’s not, I put him in the same level where they are.
‘You go to other positions; you see Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, nobody more than 30, nobody below 23. The squad is absolutely amazing.
‘They have solutions and solutions and solutions. So if you ask me which team I think is the team with more ammunition I have to try to be honest. I have to apologise to the others in case they are not happy with what I say, but my opinion is City are the team with more ammunition.’
As for Arsenal, Mourinho wasn’t so kind about their chances.
‘Manchester United are nine points behind Arsenal. It’s a gap. Nine points is a gap. Tottenham 10. That’s a gap. It’s not a gap for us. For us, it’s something that, in two matches, is over.’
Written by Alex Batt – @AlexBatt – @AlexsArticles
