Beaten Jose in new dig at rival
normal. I really don’t care about it. We shook hands. During the game I don’t like what I never like – he puts too much pressure on the fourth official every time.”
Mourinho’s team were buried by two goals in three minutes at the Emirates, as Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck struck to end his side’s 25-match unbeaten run.
He is concentrating on winning the Europa League as his team’s only realistic chance of making the Champions League next term and made eight changes from the side that earned a 1-0 win in the first leg of their semi-final against Celta Vigo on Thursday.
“We didn’t deserve to lose. I’m happy with the players – they surprised me in a positive way,” said Mourinho, who now says he has no hope of a top-four finish. “It is impossible. Because we go with everything on Thursday in the Europa League and cannot go with everything at Tottenham next week.
“I don’t think we have any chance of the top four. We have to chase the Champions League by trying to win the Europa League.”
But Arsenal did their chances of a place in the top four a power of good, especially with Liverpool drawing against Southampton.
The Gunners are now six points off fourth but have games in hand over Liverpool and Manchester City.
Wenger, whose side go to Southampton on Wednesday, said: “We needed to be patient. We started nervously. Slowly we became better and in the second half controlled the game. The first goal was quite lucky, the second goal was a great goal.
“We have a big game on Wednesday. We need to be calm and focused. We still have a chance of the top four – and we need some help from teams around us.”
Arsenal have a doubt about Xhaka for the game at St Mary’s as he is still struggling with an ankle injury.