Chelsea: Mourinho Hits Back At Pellegrini
The Portuguese twice named his counterpart ‘Mr Pellegrino’ in a seemingly deliberate slip and accused the City boss of double standards in his comments about opponents.
"Pellegrino many times says he never speaks about me and my team but he keeps doing the same thing," Mourinho told a news conference.
"I am the one that does as he says. I don't comment on his words. Don't ask me about his words, I am not interested in that."
Mourinho used his argument to decline to discuss Frank Lampard’s equaliser against his former club.
"I don't speak about players from other teams, I am sorry," Mourinho added.
"I don't speak about Frank. To speak about Frank is to speak about my past with Frank, the player he was for what he means in my career.
"I will never tire of speaking about this. But the moment he is a Man City player, he is a Man City player. I don't speak about other teams' players.
“Mr Pellegrino, instead of speaking about other teams' players, should speak about Frank Lampard. I am Chelsea manager, I speak about my players. My players did fantastic."
Chelsea took the lead through Andre Schuerrle and could have gone 2-0 up but Diego Costa only hit the woodwork before City celebrated an 'emotional' equalizer.
He explained: "We hit the post with a 1-0 lead and when you don't kill matches, you are in danger, especially when you play against very good teams.
“We had a tactical reaction (to Pablo Zabaleta's sending off) to try to win the game. They had an emotional reaction to try not to lose the game.
"We were successful in our tactical change to try and win the game because we score and had more chances to score and they were successful in their emotional reaction and I think in the end from my perspective the point is maybe a point that they deserve.
"It is one point won because we arrive here leaders with two points more than (the team in) second and we leave the stadium with three points' lead.”
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