Wenger has finally beaten Jose
Mourinho in a League game and he can now retire gracefully!
Not exact matches
The defeat was Jose
Mourinho's first
in 78
league games with the Blues as the Black Cats started their remarkable survival bid.
I don't know... 3pl trophies
in 20 seasons, no champions
league, only made to final once
in 18 CONSECUTIVE seasons, not resected like fergie was
in his time, has never defeated jose
mourinho even once
in his lifetime even after maureen makes fun of him like hell (my God,6 - 0
in his 1000
game - > what a shame), an 8 - 2 loss at old trafford (only reason he bought players otherwise that season would have been hell), been rated as one of the wealthiest clubs but we still have mediocre first team players like giroud, welbeck etc (before u slam me first answer this - > would they get into bayern, barca, madrid, manure, mancity, psg or even chelsea starting 11 cz we rank the same with them financially)?????.....
The visitors arrive full of confidence as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to 17
games in all competitions, but Arsene Wenger comes up against old foe Jose
Mourinho against whom he has struggled
in the Premier
League.
Chelsea manager Jose
Mourinho launched a stunning attack on the club's physio Eva Carneiro following the disappointing 2 - 2 draw with Swansea City
in their opening
game of the new Premier
League season on Saturday evening.
Regarding the Premier
league, Chelsea aren't all that, City are always on and off, Spurs have Wembley as their home ground, so will be exhausted by November with their fast paced counter attack
game, United have the bitter
Mourinho in charge so will sour at some point.
The good news for Arsenal, and there is plenty of it right now after Pep Guardiola lost his first
game in charge of Man City and with Manchester United continuing to struggle under Jose
Mourinho, is how the Premier
League table looks going into the second international break of the season.
Oscar and Frank Lampard scored as Jose
Mourinho saw his Blues side defeat Hull City
in the first Premier
League game of his Stamford Bridge return.
Despite this, Rashford has struggled for regular
game time so far
in 2018, with
Mourinho only giving the player substitute appearances
in the Premier
League since the turn of the year.
Chelsea lost their seventh Premier
League game of the season this weekend and are now hovering just above the relegation zone, putting
Mourinho's future
in serious doubt.
During his time at Old Trafford, the player struggled to adapt to the Premier
League and life under
Mourinho, as Mkhitaryan was only able to contribute 13 goals and 11 assists
in 63
games before he moved on to the Gunners.
It comes as part of
Mourinho's plans to play an entirely second - string team
in that
game as the Europa
League final comes days later.
Meanwhile, given Chelsea's struggles so far this season which see them sit
in 14th place
in the Premier
League having lost eight of their first 15
games of the campaign,
Mourinho may well be tempted to look towards the future and see which individuals can help the club bounce back next season.
If the former was to happen and Jose
Mourinho's side claim a victory, it would give the North London outfit a huge mountain to climb with just six
games remaining
in the
league but there is a sense from the Welshman that there time will soon come:
The goal completely changes the complexion of the tie... Chelsea have got an all important away goal
in their Champions
League Last 16 tie against Paris Saint - Germain, as they now have something to defend it is likely we could see Jose
Mourinho's side defend what they have for the remainder of the
game.
Young curled
in a brilliant free - kick, as seen below, as after ending a 19 - month wait for a
league goal, he bagged two
in the same
game and
Mourinho couldn't quite believe what he saw.
However,
in light of Chelsea's recent struggles
in the Premier
League — the Pensioners sit 16th on 11 points after 12 matches, having only won three
games — has prompted intense speculation about
Mourinho's future.
Arsene Wenger is well aware that he has not beaten Jose
Mourinho as Chelsea boss
in eleven
games with Arsenal, but he believes that he now has a team capable of shocking the
League leaders at Stamford Bridge.
Jose
Mourinho wasn't the only problem Chelsea had, as the club have yet to win back - to - back Premier
League games this season — even during the unbeaten run
in England under Guus Hiddink.
It is still pretty galling to think that Mike Dean ruined this
game for us and gave Chelsea a huge helping hand to get back on track
in the
league, but you would also hope that they are not going to get much from the officials for a while and Jose
Mourinho will be having a right old hissy fit when he hears that Gabriel has been let off, especially if they go on to ban Costa for his violent conduct charge.
Crooks evidently just wants to see the trio more often but decided to blast
Mourinho at the same time, and he might want to do his research next time as these three have started 11
games together and
in the five Premier
League games of those 11, United have drawn four and lost one.
City have won just one of their last six
league games, leaving them well adrift of Jose
Mourinho's side as they chase a third top flight title
in four years.
Arsene Wenger himself has a big hurdle to overcome with his managerial record against Jose
Mourinho, but the team themselves also have an awful record with
games at Old Trafford,
in fact we have to go back ten years for the last time we walked away with all three points
in the
League.
Mourinho's side are winless
in their last three
games, losing to Bristol City
in a Carabao Cup shock result before drawing two Premier
League games in a row against Leicester City and Burnley.
You can bet that Jose
Mourinho and Chelsea will be thinking about it
in the run up to Sunday's Premier
League game.
As mentioned,
Mourinho's men come into the contest on the back of Thursday's crucial 1 - 0 win over Celta Vigo, a result which takes the Reds a step closer to the Europa
League final, while extending our unbeaten run to 12
games in all competitions.
Filipe Luis has managed a rather impressive 22 appearances this season, but has only played 11 times
in the Premier
League, and hasn't been trusted by Jose
Mourinho in any of his side's big
games.
Jose
Mourinho's side still have a
game in hand but will want to ensure there are no slip - ups as they aim to land their first
league title since 2010.
When Jose
Mourinho's Manchester United were
in the Europa Cup semi finals last season, the Portugese boss gave up on the title race and rested players
in important Premier
League games so they could be fresh for the infamous Thursday night competition.
With Arsenal having won their last 12
League games in a row at the Emirates, we should have been full of confidence despite the fact we were playing
Mourinho's mMn United, but our 13th
game proved to be one step too far.
Despite boasting the second best defensive record
in the Premier
League last season having conceded just 29 goals
in 38
games, United have been looking for defensive reinforcements this summer with
Mourinho seemingly keen to find a long - term central partner for Eric Bailly.
The Red Devils come into the
game down
in sixth place having won only two of their last eight
league matches, including three losses, and a win for our side today would build a nine point lead over Jose
Mourinho's side.
United didn't go all out to beat Manchester City to his signature for him to disappear
in important Champions
League games, so how much longer will he continue to be given
Mourinho's trust
in matches?
We would all love to see Leicester beat Jose
Mourinho's Man United
in the later
game today, and they have definitely been improving lately and currently sit
in 8th and could still challenge for a Europa
League place.
Jose
Mourinho has allowed him only 14 starts
in the
league this term, while last year Louis Van Gaal even attempted to move him into midfield to bring his
game back to life.
Despite the fact that Arsenal are not meeting Chelsea again soon
in the
League, Jose
Mourinho is not please seeing Arsenal at the high end
in the table than his Chelsea outfit who are 8 points behind Arsenal after 9
games played.
After his side made it two Premier
League wins
in two
games on Friday night, Manchester United boss Jose
Mourinho had a chance to enjoy some family time.
The Gunners are away to Burnley and then there is the FA cup semi before the Premier
League game at home to Jose
Mourinho's team and even if the Gunners win it, we will need Chelsea to have dropped some points
in their two previous
games away to QPR and at home to Man United to have a chance of overhauling them.
In only 1 season has a team operating with a lone CF won the
league with that CF scoring less than 20 goals and that was
Mourinho's 2006 Chelsea that operated with a 4 3 3 with Drogba, Malouda and Kalou as the trident usually winning by 1 — 0 strangleholds on
games.
We knew that it would not take long and with Arsenal due to face Chelsea
in the Community Shield
game at Wembley on Sunday before the Premier
League season kicks off next weekend, Jose
Mourinho has not been able to help himself from having a dig during one of his pre-season press conferences.
Jose
Mourinho and his hugely expensive squad may only have come up against West Ham and Swansea City
in the
league so far but two scorelines of 4 - 0 is a bit of a concern, especially as three of those goals have come from the new striker Romelu Lukaku with Pogba and Martial also chipping
in during both
games.
However, having started the last three Premier
League games, the 22 - year - old will feel more confident about his chances of establishing himself as a key figure
in Jose
Mourinho's plans moving forward.
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Mourinho, including Arsenal target & treble winner Five
games in, is predicting the Premier
League top four already obvious?
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His Porto team bothered the net 73 times
in the
league this season, which is more than both
Mourinho's title - wining Chelsea sides (72 apiece) and his last Porto team (63), despite Villas - Boas» sides playing eight
games and four
games fewer across the respective seasons.
Although
Mourinho will be looking at their defensive problems as an issue too, the fact that they have scored just 17 goals
in 15
league games tells its own story, as that is significantly less than many of their rivals including Manchester United who have been lambasted all year for their style of football and lack of goals.
The visitors have lost just one of their last eight
games in all competitions so will be full of confidence heading to Old Trafford, while Jose
Mourinho's side will be looking to bounce straight back following their dismal display
in the Champions
League last week.
They have lost five of their last six
League games and last week, although Chelsea only beat them 1 - 0
in the end, Jose
Mourinho's side could have easily scored 5 or 6 if they were finishing as well as they were last season.
Jose
Mourinho's side made it four consecutive Premier
League wins on Monday, albeit without entirely convincing with the visitors
in the
game for a long while before United's quality shone through.
As he told Arsenal Player, a Premier
League game against Chelsea is always a huge
game and after finally ending the winless run against Jose
Mourinho in the Community Shield at Wembley this year, the players should have a much better level of confidence going to this one.