MONDAY FOOTBALL NIGHT NI THE PROFESSOR Vs THE SPECIAL ONE

Mchezo huu ni baina ya timu iliyo katika nafasi ya tatu katika ligi soka ya Barclays Premier dhidi ya timu iliyo katika nafasi ya nne lakini kuna utofauti mkubwa katika makutano yao hii leo.

Kikosi cha Arsene Wenger, Arsenal hakijawahi kukifunga kikosi kinachoongozwa na mreno Jose Mourinho katika mara tisa walizokutana hivi karibuni.

Mreno huyo amekuwa akifurahia matokeo ya ushindi mara tano dhidi ya Arsenal Chelsea ikiwa chini yake.

'Sio mimi dhidi ya Wenger,' Mourinho amekataa kutafsiriwa hivyo na kusema ni Chelsea dhidi ya Arsenal'. 

Lakini historia baina mameneja hao wakubwa inaeleza vinginevyo.

Hapa kinachoonekana ni suala la kujenga heshima baina ya wawili hao lakini haichukuliwi hivyo.

Hebu sasa tuangalie matokeo baina ya Wenger na Mourinho kabla hawajaingia katika mchezo wa kumi usiku wa leo katika ile 'Monday night football'.

MOURINHO V WENGER, HEAD-TO-HEAD

Vinara wa ligi kuu ya soka nchini England 'Premier League' Arsenal wanakabiliana na Chelsea ambapo Arsene Wenger akitaka kimfunga Jose Mourinho kwa mara ya kwanza katika jaribia mara la kumi
Tuangazie katika michezo iliyopita mambo yalikuwa namna gani baina ya mameneja hao huko nyuma walipokutana.
 
Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2, Premier League, December 12, 2004
Mara mbili Chelsea ikilazimika kusawazisha dhidi ya mabingwa watetezi Arsenal, ambapo Eidur Gudjohnsen na John Terry wakilazimika kusawazisha magoli mawili ya Thierry Henry.
 
Chelsea 0 Arsenal 0, Premier League, April 20, 2005

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 2, Community Shield, August 7, 2005
Didier Drogba akifunga mabao mawili wakati ambapo kikosi cha Mourinho kikifanikiwa kushinda mchezo wa ufunguzi wa msimu, huku Cesc Fabregas akifunga bao la Arsenal.

Chelsea 1 Arsenal 0, Premier League, August 21, 2005
Kwa mara nyingine tena Drogba akifunga goli ambapo Chelsea walikuwa katika mwanzo wa kuyumba katika mbio za kuwania taji la msimu.
 
Arsenal 0 Chelsea 2, Premier League, December 18, 2005
Magoli yakifungwa na Arjen Robben na Joe Cole

Chelsea 1 Arsenal 1, Premier League, December 10, 2006
Bao la Michael Essien liliipa Chelsea alama na kuweka rekodi ya Mourinho kutokufungwa nyumba kuendelea baada ya Mathieu Flamini kuwapa bao la uongozi wageni.

Chelsea 2 Arsenal 1, League Cup final, February 25, 2007
Magoli ya mchezo huo yalifungwa na Drogba ni mchezo uliokuwa na kadi tatu nyekundu ambao pia Terry alipasuka kichwa na kupelekwa hospitali.

Arsenal 1 Chelsea 1, Premier League, May 6, 2007
Hapo ndipo changamoto ya kuwania taji ilipo ondoka kufuatia Manchester United kushinda mchezo wake.

Arsenal 0 Chelsea 2, League Cup, October 29, 2013
Mourinho akijunga tena na Chelsea baada ya kuwepo nchini Italia na Hispania bado kikosi cha Wenger hakikuweza kukishinda kikosi cha mreno licha ua Blues kikosi ambacho hakikuwa cha kwanza akiwatumia wafungaji Cesar Azpilicueta na Juan Mata.

THE PROFESSOR V THE SPECIAL ONE

Wenger, with his studious demeanour, has long been likened to a professor. The 64-year-old joined Arsenal in 1996 and led the Invincibles through an unbeaten season as part of a trophy-laden first nine years in north London which he is bidding to reprise. Mourinho can be charming, but also combustible. Success has followed the Portuguese, who famously arrived at Stamford Bridge announcing himself as 'The Special One', wherever he has managed, but the challenge of steadying the Chelsea ship is not to be underestimated.

MANAGERIAL HISTORY
One has enjoyed a long marriage, the other a series of short, lust-filled flings. While Wenger has spent 17 years at Arsenal, Mourinho has rarely stood still, taking success with him from Porto, to Chelsea, to Inter Milan, Real Madrid and back to Chelsea. Arsenal favour stability; Chelsea seemingly the opposite. Yet on his return Mourinho was at pains to point out he was the only Champions League-winning manager in the Premier League. Wenger, meanwhile, has won nothing since 2005.

HEAD TO HEAD
In the absence of regular duels, there was a reconciliation between Mourinho and Wenger, who was angered when the Portuguese described him as a "voyeur" with "a big telescope". On the field, Mourinho resumed the pair's battles after a six-year absence with victory in the Capital One Cup in October. In nine attempts against the self-proclaimed Special One, Wenger is still to taste victory.

THIS SEASON
In the one prior meeting this season, a largely second-choice Chelsea side beat Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium 2-0 to advance in the League Cup. That came two days after the Premier League win over Manchester City and was the high point of Chelsea's season so far. Arsenal, meanwhile, bounced back from the opening day loss to Aston Villa, which piled pressure on Wenger, to top the table, their place at the summit this Christmas in doubt only after the enthralling loss at City last weekend.

THE SQUADS
Perhaps to a fault, Wenger has always backed his squad as one full of potential. After the summer capture of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid and the coming of age of Aaron Ramsey, this season the Gunners may realise their manager's oft-stated optimism. Chelsea recruited the likes of Samuel Eto'o and Willian in the summer, yet Mourinho appears less than satisfied by his squad, with strikers Fernando Torres, Eto'o and Demba Ba particularly criticised for their lack of potency in front of goal.


MANAGERIAL SILVERWARE

Mourinho: Porto: Primeira Liga (2003, 2004); Portuguese Cup (2003); UEFA Cup (2003); Champions League (2004).
Chelsea: Premier League (2005, 2006); League Cup (2005, 2007); FA Cup (2007).

Inter Milan: Serie A (2009, 2010); Italian Cup (2010); Champions League (2010).
Real Madrid: Primera Division (2012); Copa del Rey (2011).
Wenger: Monaco: Ligue 1 (1988); French Cup (1991).
Grampus Eight: Emperor's Cup (1996); Japanese Super Cup (1996).
Arsenal: Premier League (1998, 2002, 2004); FA Cup (1998, 2002, 2003, 2005).