WATCH: Jose Mourinho ridicules recent headlines about Chelsea

Jose Mourinho was in playful mood when meeting the media ahead of Chelsea's Saturday lunchtime clash with Arsenal.

Chelsea have lost three of their last four Premier League games going into the weekend and defeat to the Gunners could see them drop into bottom three.

But the Blues boss poked fun at some of the headlines surrounding Chelsea in recent weeks, in particular the claim there is friction within the squad at Stamford Bridge, suggesting Diego Costa and John Terry were ready to engage in a Wild West-style duel.

"Normally when bad results happen the first thing that comes into your laptops, iPads and pens is to find a dramatic story: 'Somebody punched somebody in the dressing room', 'The manager doesn't want to speak with this guy'.

"'Diego Costa fought with John Terry and before they start the fight they brought a translator for them to understand each other in the fight, because Diego cannot speak English and John cannot speak Spanish.

"'They organise it like a Wild West duel: 'At this time we are going to fight, bring a translator to help us'."

Watch the video above to see Mourinho's tongue-in-cheek retort...