Jose Mourinho has rulled Arsena, Chelsea, and Manchester united out of the priemer league title race with ‘Manchester city’s ‘B’ team ranked as a stronger team.
The new top-flight season began on Friday
night as last season’s runners-up Liverpool
thrashed newly promoted Norwich City 4-1 at Anfield.
The following day, reigningchampions City responded by putting five past West Ham at the London Stadium.
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Tottenham , who finished behind Chelsea last season, survived a scare to beat Aston Villa 3-1 in north London.
And Mourinho appearing as sky Sports pundit ahead of his debut match between Man utd and Chelsea was asked how many teams can challenge of title.
He said: “Four. Man City, Tottenham,
Liverpool, and then Man City B team.”
Mourinho added: “When I looked at [Man
City’s] bench yesterday, the players not
involved I think even the B team could fight
for the title.
“I want to say that the obvious thing, we
would love United & Chelsea at that level.
“In football, sometimes unpredictable things
can happen, but I think we all agree, a team
last season that won everything in England
last season and the European champions.”