Jose Mourinho turns up the heat on big spenders Manchester City

JOSE MOURINHO has turned up the title pressure on Manchester City by claiming they will have no excuses if they fail to win the league.

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WARNING: Jose Mourinho tells Manchester City they can;t afford to fail [GETTY]

The Chelsea chief reckons City have a ‘responsibility’ to finish top because everything is in place for them to be crowned champions again.

“I keep saying that the team with more responsibilities to win it, because their squad is quite unique, is Manchester City,” said Mourinho.

“I mean the quality and profile of the players, the experience of the players, and the medium age.
“They don’t have old players or very young players. You see all of them, players with big maturity and experience. Aguero, Dzeko, Negredo, even Jovetic... these are the four strikers.

STRENGTH IN DEPTH: Jose Mourinho thinks title rivals Manchester City have the best squad [GETTY]

“Go through the positions and you see Yaya Toure, Fernandinho... nobody more than 30, all of them”

Jose Mourinho

“Go through the positions and you see Yaya Toure, Fernandinho... nobody more than 30, all of them.
“The squad is amazing. The squad is absolutely amazing. They have solutions and solutions and solutions
“If you ask me which team has more ammunition, I have to try and be honest.
“I have to apologise to the other four contenders in case they’re not happy with what I say, but City are the team with more ammunition.”
City are currently third, six points off leaders Arsenal and two behind second-place Chelsea.

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The Blues travel to Sunderland tonight, with Mourinho insisting his biggest task is building a title-winning side from a group containing players who have forgottenwhat
it takes to win it.

He said: “We have here some people who won the title before, but they have not won it for quite a long time (2010). When you don’t do that for quite a long time, you forget it.
“We have also got players who were playing in clubs not used to fighting for titles, clubs who’d do fantastic one day and see what would happen the next. I like to put pressure on my players, yes, but you have to analyse the players you’re working with."