Jose Mourinho v Arsene Wenger

The Special One versus Le Professeur. Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger renew their rivalry on Sunday afternoon in the next London derby between Chelsea and Arsenal.

It is a feisty head-to-head which has never been particularly friendly and the flickering feud was stoked last season when Mourinho accused Wenger of being a “specialist in failure”.

Not only that but, in their most recent encounter, Arsenal were embarrassingly beaten 6-0 in March in a game which was all the more memorable for Kieran Gibbs being sent off in a case of mistaken identity.

That loss was not Wenger’s first against Mourinho. Indeed, Wenger has failed to beat Mourinho in the 11 occasions their teams have met – including three games, one in the Capital One Cup, last season.

The stakes are therefore high ahead of this weekend’s clash, live on Sky Sports 1HD from 1pm, and we could expect more fireworks.

WHAT THEY SAY…

In August 2005, Wenger takes a swipe at Mourinho's Chelsea for a perceived lack of on-field attacking tactics...

"I know we live in a world where we have only winners and losers, but once a sport encourages teams who refuse to take the initiative, the sport is in danger."

With Mourinho having been busy in the transfer market, in October 2005, the Chelsea boss hits back with a bang in response to Wenger's complaints about the free-spending...

"I think he is one of these people who is a voyeur. He likes to watch other people. There are some guys who, when they are at home, have a big telescope to see what happens in other families. He speaks, speaks, speaks about Chelsea."

That strikes a nerve with Wenger and, in November 2005, there is a threat of legal action against Mourinho...

"He's out of order, disconnected with reality and disrespectful. When you give success to stupid people, it makes them more stupid sometimes."

Mourinho does not back down and states, again in November 2005, Chelsea have been keeping tabs on Wenger's persistent comments...

"At Stamford Bridge, we have a file of quotes from Mr Wenger about Chelsea football club in the last 12 months - it is not a file of five pages. It is a file of 120 pages so we have a very strong reaction. My objective is that it is enough."

Before that bad-tempered 2007 League Cup final, Wenger again pokes at Mourinho with a none-too-subtle suggestion of the skills required to be a top manager...

"If you would like to compare every manager you give each one the same amount of resources and say: 'you have that for five years'. After five years you see who has done the most."

MOURINHO & WENGER: THROUGH THE YEARS…

ARSENAL 2 CHELSEA 2 (PREMIER LEAGUE), HIGHBURY, DEC 2004

Their first encounter saw Chelsea twice peg back goals from Thierry Henry. The Frenchman opened the scoring with a sublime finish but John Terry levelled things 15 minutes later. A controversial free-kick, taken by Henry before Petr Cech had organised his wall, gave Arsenal a half-time lead. But Eidur Gudjohnsen scored a deft header after a knock back from then-Chelsea man William Gallas in the second half to earn a point.

CHELSEA 2 ARSENAL 1 (COMMUNITY SHIELD) MILLENNIUM STADIUM, AUG 2005

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