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A Tale Of Two Specialties In Wenger And Mourinho

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger heads to Stamford Bridge with the memory of last season's 6-0 drubbing in his mind as hope for first win over Chelsea under Jose Mourinho continues
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The Barclays Premier League week 7 tie between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Stamford Bridge on Sunday is quite a game that matches specialty with itself

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Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, a self-acclaimed ‘Special one’  who is 'afraid to fail' will be up against Arsene Wenger, the accused ‘Failure Specialist’

Since Mourinho first tasted English football; way back in 2007, he has not lost to Arsene Wenger and does not intend to begin losing to the French manager, not with the personal problems between the two coaches, stemming from the 51 year-old Portuguese’s attitude

64 year-old Arsenal manager, Wenger, stands to prove a lot in the game; especially with the big cash spent in the transfer of Chilean, Alexis Sanchez and former United man Danny Welbeck who scored his first hat-trick in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League 4-1 win over Galatasaray which also marked the coach’s 18th year anniversary at the club

Last season, Mourinho drubbed Wenger 6-0 at the Bridge and that sparked off a feisty rivalry between the two, who have after each other in a war of words

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Wenger clearly wary of the threat Chelsea’s strike force portends in the match has said that it is an match and not an tie

Chelsea with Diego Costa, Schurrle and Cesc Fabregas pose a greater threat than Arsenal’s duo of Welbeck and Sanchez, but the French manager does not believe that will be a problem in the game; even with the loss last season still fresh in their minds

Wenger has a poor record against Mourinho and Arsenal have not beaten Chelsea since October 2011, losing three of their last four league matches against their London rivals.

He was asked if he thinks it is impossible to beat Mourinho tomorrow and he had this to say:

Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea lads have started the season in a good light with 5 wins from 6 games so far without a loss and he believes they can continue on the good record, even though he expects Arsenal to come out with a challenge in Sunday’s game

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''It’s not something that happens every day. Chelsea against Arsenal, normally the result is close. It happened once, in different circumstances: a bad day for them, an unbelievable day for us. It cannot happen many times.

Mourinho said in one his chats

Mourinho said.

Sunday’s game definitely will be tough and the two coaches know that; aside the 6-0 catastrophic result;ast season, ties between these two teams have been within a 2-0 margin. Wenger expects it tough and is hopeful his boys can so something to seal a good result

For Mourinho, he said:

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