Quotes from soccernet.
'This is not a time for excuses. The title race is over and
Manchester United are the new champions.
'I wish to congratulate everyone, from the manager, to the players,
the board - and everyone else who gave them a help to be
champions.
'We still have the FA Cup to play for and I promise we will be
ready for next season.'
After his well voiced complaints about the failure of referees
to award penalties against United recently, Mourinho rejected any
suggestion his comment regarding the `help' United received had a
wider meaning.
'If we had won today, then beaten Manchester United on
Wednesday, the gap would have only been two points going into the
final game, when anything could have happened.
'In the end, it wasn't to be but I am very proud of my team.
'I always knew one day I would not be a champion. But when it
happened I didn't want to be blaming myself, or the players, or the
other people I work with.
'Sometimes, when you win a lot of trophies, you can reach a point
when you do not give everything, the commitment and ambition are
not the same or you are not hungry enough.
'Today has been exactly the opposite and any player who joins us
needs to look at the video of this match to see what it takes to
succeed.'
I guess it's just been mind games and
psychological ploys afterall. Given now that there's no reason for
him to play mental games of any sort.
