DUMMY SPITTERS 'R' US

Last updated : 07 February 2005 By editor

After celebrating last week's victory at Blackburn with such relish Mourhino was far from happy that his team made David James look world class and failed to match Oldham by overcoming Keegan's clowns.

"It was an undeserved result for us," said Mourinho, "because only one side had chances to score. We tried everything but City fought a lot and were a bit lucky. The championship is over 38 matches and some you win, some you lose, some you draw. Every point is a point gained and we are still nine ahead. I don’t know of any other club in Europe who has that lead. It was not a result that we wanted, but a point is better than zero."

Keegan, who can spot a dummy-spitter from the halfway line, was not happy with Jose's post match assessment:

"We came here with a plan and we knew we had to work very hard," he said. "We did the little things well that made the big things happen for us. When you’re top and have lost only once, Chelsea are not going to get teams coming here and taking them on. José has got to give a bit more credit to opponents sometimes."