When on Sunday the English Premier League match between trophy-seeking teams Manchester City and Chelsea ended 1:1, no one was satisfied with the result. The strategists aiming for the highest goals were not outstanding. Neither Manuel Pellegrini nor the clear Jose Mourinho did not boast.
The draw was more painful for the latter, as former Chelsea player Frank Lampard helped Manchester City equalize in the 85th minute against 10-men City team from the 66th minute.
"I will never stop talking about it. But now he is a Manchester City player. He is their player. I'm not talking about players from other teams. I am a Chelsea coach and I talk about my players. They were fantastic. And Mr. Pellegrini should not talk about my team, but about his," J. Mourinho told espn.co.uk.
In the final sentence, the 51-year-old Portuguese expressed dissatisfaction with criticism from the 61-year-old strategist from Chile.
"I think we played 90 minutes against a small team that tried only to defend," M. Pellegrini told BBC. "I would not like to play like this. Ten players defended their goal. They scored a goal after a counter-attack and then just defended again."
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