Keep on the pitch, Jose

Last updated : 26 February 2007 By Paul Lagan
What a lovely sight it was to witness Jose Mourinho running onto the Millennium Stadium pitch on Sunday.
Of course the old fuddy duddies and ex-refs will be wittering on about how they should have stayed off, but it was just thilling. Jose just loves to win and he also loves football pitches - don't we all?
The argy-bargy in injury time orchestrated by Arsenal to add even more time to seven minutes  decreed by Mr Webb sums up our north London cousins.
There is nothing wrong with being a sore loser, but please Arsenal accept that you are.
Chelsea have made no secret of the fact they are, and they hate to lose and will do almost anything to prevent it.
They try to buy the best players, they have the best manager and terrific support staff.
When they lose, there is always a reason for it and it's usually not their fault - it's the ref, it's bad luck, but most of all it's the fact they are bad losers - and we should all applaud that.
Who gives a monkeys that Arsenal were playing with kids - should Chelsea not bother to win in case the boys cry?
If the Arsenal board had not decided to leave Highbury and build the new stadium, Arsene Wenger would have had considerable cash to plough into the transfer market. He would not have needed to play kids as he would have had a deep enough squad of top-class players to attack all competitions.
Those 'kids' would still be plying their trade in youth teams in France and Brazil.
Given the choice Arsene would have taken the Mourinho route.
By the way, Chelsea had a few kids of their own in the line-up. Can you count the number aged 24 or under?
But you won't find Jose using youth as an excuse for defeat - or maybe you would.