Jose Mourinho and his Chelsea squad are at the top of the Premier League table, but the Portuguese manager continues to play down his side's chances. The Blues clinched a 3-1 victory over Fulham last weekend and since Arsenal lost 1-0 at Stoke Mourinho and his men now have a four-point lead at the top of the table over second-placed Liverpool. Manchester City did not play in the league last weekend as they were busy winning the Capital One Cup and they slipped to fourth place, six points behind Chelsea. The Citizens have two games in hand though, so two wins could bring them level with Chelsea.
Mourinho believes the two games in hand make City favourites to win the title, doubting that Chelsea will be able to take maximum points from their 10 remaining fixtures. "I prefer to have the destiny in my hands, and only City have destiny in their hands," he said. "If I win every game until the end of the season, all 10 - which we won't - maybe we are not champions. If they win all 12 games they have, they are champions. They have their destiny in their hands."
Mourinho has also explained his decision to leave out Samuel Eto'o against Fulham. "There's nothing wrong with Samuel. I just felt in this kind of match - away from home, against normally defensive teams, aggressive defenders - I thought to go with Fernando Torres and, if I need to risk in the last part of the game, I'd use Demba Ba. You see, Eto'o scores goals but at home. He scores in the league, in the Champions League but all of them at home. Playing away is more difficult for him. I think he is our best striker to play at home because of his technique, his movement and his understanding with Eden (Hazard) and Oscar. For me, he is best to play at home. Away he is showing some difficulties".
Here are the outright odds at Bet365 for the Premier League title contenders:
Chelsea - 6/5
Manchester City - 6/4
Liverpool - 5/1
Arsenal - 20/1
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