Jose Mourinho claims the fixture
list is stacked against Chelsea overhauling Manchester United in
the title race.
Chelsea's 1-0 win at Watford kept the gap at the top to six points
after United had earlier beaten Blackburn Rovers 4-1 at home.
While Mourinho is refusing to write off his team's chances of
completing a hat-trick of Premiership title successes, he feels the
champions are being done no favours by the timing of games.
The Blues boss is unhappy that the current leaders have been
kicking off before his own team and believes it puts his players at
a disadvantage.
"I can still see United dropping six points - three against us and
maybe three from the moon," said Mourinho after the Watford
win.
"It only takes one bad game or maybe a couple of draws, so it is
still possible.
"But something strange is always happening with us regarding
fixtures and referees.
"For instance, when we play Manchester United on Wednesday May 9,
they play at lunchtime on the Saturday before, but we have to play
on the Sunday evening.
"Also, we have to play our games after them every time. They always
get the chance to increase their lead, but we never get the chance
to cut their lead to three points and see if they can
respond.
"Next week is the first time that will happen in six or seven and
that's strange.
"And this week I had three e-mails informing me of a change to the
referee. First, it was Mike Riley, then it was Mike Dean and
finally it was Uriah Rennie and that's strange, too.
"I'm not saying it is a conspiracy, but it is strange."
