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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that he always supports other English teams when playing in the Champions League.
The Premier League have already lost two participants in Manchester City and Arsenal and with Man United on the verge of going out leaves just Chelsea with the chance of going through.
However intense domestic rivalry gets, Mourinho says he hopes other teams do well in Europe and wishes United well as they try to overturn their 2-0 deficit against Olympiakos.
“I think Man United is a better team than Olympiakos, I think Man United can do it, I wish Man United to do it,” said Mourinho.
“I support the English teams and I was not happy that they [City and Arsenal] are out of the competition.”
Mourinho’s comments stemmed from something Yaya Toure said about the Portuguese’s attitude towards his opponents in press conferences. He responded by saying: ”He [Toure] has a strange concept of lack of respect,” said Mourinho.
“If to say before the Munich match and Camp Nou match, this is not over, Arsenal and City have enough quality to turn things around, if to support the teams in the country where I work, if this is lack of respect, okay.
“I think Arsenal and City show in Munich and Barcelona that I was right. They both play very good matches. This is not a lack of respect, this is support.
“The same way I say Man City have three matches in hand [in the Premier League]. They are capable of winning all three and be top of the league. I try in both occasions to be respectful with the two English teams.”
He added: “If tomorrow, Wayne Rooney or Robin van Persie or Michael Carrick or Rio Ferdinand come and say Mourinho is not being respectful with us, I think they are wrong.
“I don’t want to say anything else. I don’t want to be misinterpreted. I don’t want another big Man City player to say I’m disrespectful.”
