Ronaldo Koeman takes a dig at Chelsea’s Jose Mourinho

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SOUTHAMPTON coach Ronaldo Koeman has taken a dig at Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho’s tactics, and says he should learn from Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger.

Koeman lead his side to a 3-1 win over the Blues last weekend, heaping pressure on the under-fire Mourinho, who the Saints’ manager believes sets his side up to play negative football.

“Chelsea prefer to defend when attacking is also an option,” Koeman told the Sunday Mirror.

“Mourinho always chooses to defend. Even if his team goes 1-0 up, they would rather defend their lead than try to score more goals.”

The Dutch coach says he was thoroughly impressed with Arsenal’s recent 3-0 win over Manchester United, and feels Mourinho can learn a thing or two from his rivals.

“Yet Arsenal can kill an opponent,” he continued. “That is why their victory against Manchester United was so impressive.

“Attacking-wise, they completely destroyed United. For 20 minutes, they played the most fantastic football, while Chelsea do the opposite thing.

“By defending, Chelsea give their opponent a chance to come back in the game. It was a shame that Mourinho was putting attention on the referee after we beat them.

“He wanted to have a penalty in the first half. But, in the first half at Stamford Bridge, Southampton should have had two penalties.”

Southampton are currently eighth in the EPL standings on 12 points, four ahead of 16th-placed Chelsea who have just two wins from their opening eight matches. Kickoff.com