When Jose Mourinho hit back at Arsenal fans taunting his team for playing boring football, he really must have felt the sting of the comment because deep down Mourinho knew that the Arsenal fans were right!
If Arsene Wenger is a specialist in failure, then Jose Mourinho must be the specialist in boring football.
Scoring more goals than your nearest competitor and winning titles do not automatically equate with plating beautiful football.
Barcelona and Real Madrid (except for the time Mourinho was their manager), and Bayern Munich in recent times, do the same but they do play attractive football.
Though Arsenal fans may not be happy with their team for failing to win the premiership title for a decade now, none of them would (or could) say that their team play boring football.
Parking the bus in front of the goal and hoping for the lucky forays when playing the bigger teams for fear of losing, is not the mark of a great team who believe in their ability to play attractive football.
You could win titles by playing dull football, but that is another matter. You can't claim that you play beautiful football when you do so.
When Arsenal were winning titles under Wenger, they certainly were not playing boring football.
One reason why Mourinho was sacked during his first stint as the Chelsea manager, despite his success, was the boring brand of football he had brought to the club.
Now, after five years without a title, I guess Chelsea's owner was desperate enough to reengage Mourinho to try to win again, boring football or not.
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