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Jose Mourinho Hopes Olympiakos Top Arsenal After 'Bad' Champions League Campaign

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has taken yet another swipe at Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger by highlighting the Gunners' poor Champions League results, and he said he would prefer Olympiakos to qualify from Group F.

The north London outfit face a must-win final group match at Olympiakos on December 9 that will decide who qualifies for the last 16 behind Bayern Munich. BBC Sport's Ian Dennis explained the minutiae:

So, Arsenal now require win v Olympiakos by 2 clear goals but after scores tonight a 3-2 win or higher would also be sufficient to progress

— Ian Dennis (@Iandennisbbc) November 24, 2015

Mourinho slammed Arsenal's group campaign—during which they have lost to Olympiakos, Dinamo Zagreb—and revealed he is backing the Greek side to qualify, as he is friends with their manager, Marco Silva, per Adrian Kajumba in the Mirror:

I would always like English teams to qualify, first.