Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger blasts 'lucky' Jose Mourinho after Champions League triumph

11 September 2010 19:05
Arsene Wenger has taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho by claiming his Inter Milan team were lucky to win last season's Champions League. [LNB]The Arsenal manager, who had a bitter rivalry with the Portuguese when he was in charge at Chelsea, believes the Italian side benefited from some favourable refereeing. [LNB] Lucky General: Jose Mourinho lifts the Champions League with Inter Milan, but Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger (below) believes his former Chelsea rival got lucky[LNB]Two big decisions went their way in the last 16 at Stamford Bridge. 'Look at the teams who got to last year's final,' he said. [LNB]'With normal refereeing neither of them would have been there. No Bayern, and no Inter.' [LNB]But he is more scathing about the large financial losses Inter have repeatedly made over recent years, relying on owner Massimo Moratti to bail them out. [LNB]'UEFA's new financial rules will be a massive advantage for Arsenal,' added Wenger, who has endured Mourinho taunts that his team will flatter to deceive in the Premier League again this term. [LNB]'I don't want to go into excuses but you want a business to be run properly and I believe to lose 150million euros a year, you don't deserve a lot of credit to win a competition. [LNB]'Some people may not care but I just don't think it's right to run a business like that.'[LNB] Arsenal 4 Bolton 1: Cahill sees red as Chamakh fires up GunnersArsene Wenger guarding against complacency ahead of Braga clashI should have stayed at Arsenal: Brum new boy Hleb admits Barcelona regretARSENAL FC

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