Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho on Arsenal in Champions League

Mesut Ozil opened the scoring before Alexis Sanchez hit a brace and, with table-topping Bayern Munich thrashing Olympiacos 4-0, it means Arsenal can go through if they win by two goals when they travel to face the Greek outfit in a fortnight.

“It was important that we did not concede the first goal as we looked risky [going] forward”.

“If Bayern don’t win they could still be second in the group because they go to Zagreb where they can lose”, he said.

Chelsea FC manager Jose Mourinho fanned the flames of his rivalry with Arsenal FC counterpart Arsene Wenger by saying to reporters that he would like it if Olympiacos qualified from Group F in the Champions League instead of Arsenal.

“But to win titles, you don’t win it with 11 players, you need 25, and everyone has to play a role during the competitions. It’s tough but we have to believe we can do it and I believe we can do it”. We know for us the task has one advantage: it is very clear. “Of course it is vital to score the first goal”. “Everyone was on the ball from the start, we attacked well and that is something we need to continue if we want to compete for anything this season”. “It won’t be easy but I believe we’ll be able to handle it well and advance”.

You have to trust Uefa and organisations to do that well.

“It is the Champions League and there are never any problems on that front usually”.

“This Arsenal team is littered with world class players and good players but they just seem to always fall that tiny bit short”, the former Liverpool captains said.

“No, I don’t agree with you”.

“I would have loved to have done it in this game, but when you’re 3-0 ahead, you’re not in a position where you need him to work back”.

“Now we’re going to play for our lives”, Bellerin said of the game at Olympiakos.

“I believe the speed of our passing gave Zagreb a problem. Overall we had a game of quality that we controlled well”.

“We tried to do our best”. It was the only real danger for the hosts as they kept their bid for the Champions League last 16 on track.

Keane all but dismissed the ability of Flamini and he suggested that the reason was that the Frenchman does not have the heart for the fight, especially away from home.

“We have to be honest”.

“I’m sure they can go through”.