Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho insists he wasn't running down Premier League rivals this week.
Mourinho insists his comments on Arsenal and Manchester City prior to their Champions League matches were only made out of support.
He said: "If supporting the teams from the country where I am and where I work, if this is lack of respect, okay.
"I don't think this is lack of respect. This is support. The same way I say Man City has three matches in hand and they are capable of winning all three matches to become top of the league, if that is lack of respect, he has a strange concept of lack of respect."
