Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has refused to be drawn further into a row with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger,<\/p>\n
The pair had a public war of words a week ago when Wenger suggested that that ”some managers” had fear of failure due to their asserting that their sides were outsiders for the title.<\/p>\n
The Blues boss responded by stating that Wenger was a “specialist in failure” following Arsenal’s run of eight years without a trophy.<\/p>\n
This week, the Frenchman described Mourinho’s comments about him as “embarrassing” but when questioned on Friday about the subject he declined to comment.<\/p>\n
Mourinho also flat-batted a number of other questions, including one about Wayne Rooney, who Chelsea have been linked with in the past but who has now committed his future to Manchester United in a deal reportedly worth \u00a3300,000-a-week.<\/p>\n
“I don’t react,” said Mourinho.<\/p>\n
When asked about the title race, which sees Mourinho’s league-leading side a point above second-placed Arsenal and two in front of Manchester City, who have a game in hand, Mourinho responded: “The table is there. You can look at the table and see how the table is.<\/p>\n
“We are top of the league but we can be second if Man City wins the match they have in hand. If we win tomorrow, we keep the same position.”<\/p>\n
The Chelsea boss was also asked about City and Arsenal’s travails in the Champions League, in which both lost the home first leg of their Champions League last-16 ties 2-0 to Barcelona and Bayern Munich respectively.<\/p>\n
Mourinho, whose side face Galatasaray in their own last-16 tie on Wednesday, said: “My Champions League starts Wednesday.<\/p>\n
“I play Wednesday and I concentrate on that.”<\/p>\n
And the 51-year-old was also defensive when discussing Saturday’s opponents Everton, who were responsible for one of Chelsea’s three Premier League losses this season at Goodison Park in September.<\/p>\n
“We think we can beat them because we believe in ourselves,” he added. “We are not influenced negatively or positively about what happened in the past.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Chelsea captain John Terry will be available to face Everton in Saturday\u2019s Premier League encounter at Stamford Bridge, says manager Jose Mourinho.<\/p>\n
The former England captain\u00a0returns in the nick of time because his fellow defender David Luiz will miss the game.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian will sit out the match with a muscle injury but it is hoped he will be fit to face Galatasaray in the Champions League on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Mourinho said: \u201c\u2018If, one day, we don\u2019t have David Luiz and John the situation is more difficult. John being ready keeps our balance.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe captain\u2019s armband doesn\u2019t mean so much, it\u2019s a voice on pitch. To have a player to transmit what I need is important.<\/p>\n
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