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Jose Mourinho has been praised for orchestrating an impressive 1-0 victory over Premier League favourites Manchester City on Monday night, dealing them their first home league defeat of the season.
But immediately after the match, the Portuguese was keen to play down their title hopes, and went as far as to describe rivals City and Arsenal as the two "big horses" in the title chase, with Chelsea currently a "little horse that still needs milk and to learn how to jump".
Of course, this isn't the first time that Mourinho has lit up the back pages with his comments, and we're just happy to go along for the ride as we take a look at the Special One's words of wisdom.
Re-cap on Mourinho's greatest quotes of his career below... Show all 15 1 /15In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes 'The Special One' arrives 'Please don't call me arrogant, but I'm European champion and I think I'm a special one'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Have you got a licence for that dog, Jose? 'The dog is fine in Portugal - that big threat is away - you don't have to worry about crime any more'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes The Devil in disguise 'Some clubs are treated as devils, some are treated as angels. I don't think we are so ugly that we should be seen as the devil and I don't think Arsene Wenger and David Dein (pictured) are so beautiful that they should be viewed as angels'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Arsene Wenger's appaent 'voyeur sickness' 'Wenger has a real problem with us and I think he is what you call in England a voyeur. He is someone who likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have this big telescope to look into the homes of other people and see what is happening. Wenger must be one of them - and it is a sickness'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Look who's talking now 'I don't regret it. The only thing I have to understand is I'm in England, so maybe even when I think I am not wrong, I have to adapt to your country and I have to respect that. I have a lot of respect for Liverpool fans and what I did, the sign of silence - 'shut your mouth' - was not for them, it was for the English press'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes GI Jose 'Look at my haircut. I am ready for the war'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes On THAT Luis Garcia goal 'I felt the power of Anfield, it was magnificent. I felt it didn't interfere with my players but maybe it interfered with other people and maybe it interfered with the result. You should ask the linesman why he gave a goal. Because, to give a goal, the ball must be 100% in and he must be 100% sure that the ball is in'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Jose's eggy farewell to Roman Abramovich 'No eggs, no omelette. And it depends on the quality of the eggs. In the supermarket, you have eggs class one, class two, class three. Some are more expensive than others and some give you better omelettes. So when the class one eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Mourinho v Barcelona 'Barcelona are a great club. But in 200 years of history they have won the European Cup only once. I have been managing for a few years and I have already won the same amount'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Mourinho v Barcelona part II 'When I saw Frank Rijkaard (then Barcelona coach) entering the referee's dressing room I couldn't believe it. When Didier Drogba was sent off (after half-time) I wasn't surprised'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Mourinho v Barcelona part III 'We have played against them four matches in two seasons. (When it was) 11 against 11 they never beat us. That is the reality'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Mourinho on his egg-cellent Chelsea squad 'Beautiful young eggs, eggs that need a mum, in this case a dad, to take care of them, to keep them warm during the winter, to bring the blankets and to work and improve them and one day we'll arrive in a moment when the weather changes, the sun rises, we break the eggs and the eggs are ready to go for life at the top level'
In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes I am the happy one 'If I have to describe myself, I would describe myself as a very happy person because it's the first time I arrive in a club where I already love the club'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Chelsea the Shetland pony 'Two horses and a little horse that still needs milk and to learn how to jump. A horse that next season can race'
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In his words - Jose Mourinho's best quotes Specialist in failure 'He's a specialist in failure'
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