Peace breaks out after Mourinho's war of words

Having escalated a war of words with his rivals, Jose Mourinho closed a week of petty sniping by admitting "football is at peace" after his Chelsea side was beaten by Manchester City in the FA Cup.

Following verbal spats with City manager Manuel Pellegrini and Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger in the run up to the match at the Etihad Stadium, Mourinho might have hoped his team would do the talking for him in Saturday's fifth-round clash.

As it was, his Premier League leader was muted as City rediscovered its scoring touch in a one-sided 2-0 defeat that left Mourinho facing questions about whether his bravado had backfired.