Jose still playing percentage game

Chelsea 4 Tottenham 0

The bookies have Chelsea as clear favourites to win the Premier League now, after a demolition of Tottenham, a destruction as deceptive as it was effective.

Yet Mourinho still maintains he would rather be in Manuel Pellegrini’s shoes, as Manchester City trail by nine points but with three games in hand and a better goal difference. Mourinho’s argument is that if both sides win all their remaining games, the Premier League title will stay in Manchester, albeit in the blue side of the city. The bookmakers disagree. Does the Special One have special knowledge? Is he trying his mind games again by putting the pressure on Pellegrini, or simply being realistic?