Mourinho feels Manchester
City are still favourites for
the Premier League title
despite his side's win over
Liverpool .
Mourinho saw his team overcome Martin Skrtel's
third-minute opener at Stamford Bridge, as Eden
Hazard's curling strike and Samuel Eto'o's finish from
six yards secured all three points with a 2-1 victory.
Chelsea have now recorded four consecutive home
victories in the Premier League and head into 2014
just two points adrift of leaders Arsenal in third place,
but Mourinho believes second-placed City remain the
team to beat.
"I keep saying there is a big difference between
Manchester City and the other teams," he told
reporters. "It's not just about quality, other teams
have quality, us too. But [it is about] maturity, the
number of players, the group of strikers, physicality,
experience.
"They [City] are the favourites, for us, for Arsenal, for
Liverpool, to be around [the top] is a good
achievement. In our case it's important people learn
how to play these matches [against the top sides]."
Mourinho felt his side were good value for their
victory on Sunday and was particularly happy with the
way they bounced back from an early setback.
He added: "I think we deserved to win because they
did nothing to score the first goal, it was
circumstantial. After that our reaction in the first half
was a fantastic reaction. We scored, we could have
scored before.
"In the second half we defended well, they hit the post
with [Mamadou] Sakho, we had some counter-attack
situations where we could have killed the game. We
didn't and until the last minute it was hard, but we
deserved [to win]."
Mourinho also confirmed midfielder Frank Lampard is
set for a spell on the sidelines with a muscular injury,
but is hopeful the lateral ligament issue picked up by
Branislav Ivanovic is not serious.
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