Manuel Pellegrini has hit out at embattled Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, insisting that the Blues are "selfish".
Chelsea have struggled thus far this season, winning just three games in 2015-16, and Mourinho is facing mounting pressure as he battles to keep his job, having been handed a stadium ban on Monday after admitting a charge of misconduct.
Pellegrini has now criticised the 52-year-old, insisting his sides do not care about the spirit of the game, and instead aim to win at all costs."It used to be said that Mourinho's Chelsea were boring," he said in a new book based on him, titled 'The Pellegrini Method'.
"I don't think that's true at all. Chelsea are selfish - not boring. It's a team that puts a lot of emphasis on what they do without the ball. And in my opinion that concept of football doesn't respect the spectacle.
"There are millions of people watching the game [some] paying very high prices for tickets. [But] you are seeing great players defending instead of trying to attack the opposition's goal.
"It is a valid [way of playing] and if you win the league then it is even more valuable but it bears no relation to the spectacle. That is why I believe they are a selfish team, the only thing they want is to win
"The fan wants to win for sure.
"But it is different if you do so by playing well. That is where I differ. I am not a critic, I just believe in a different way of getting the result. What I am criticial of is people who are willing to do anything to win."
Pellegrini and Mourinho have wildly differing public profiles, with the Chilean widely seen as quiet and withdrawn, while the Portuguese is viewed as anything but.
"I think Mourinho brings an awful lot to the show that surrounds football," he added.
"But that is the way he is. He is in constant conflict willing to go down a level if they are attacking him with a particular question and sometimes coming out with a brutal answer.
"If I had had to act that way to get where I have got I would be a different person. I wouldn't really be me."
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