Jose Mourinho takes defeat on the chin as Chelsea exit the FA Cup at Manchester City

Deserved to lose: Mourinho admitted City were the better side at the Etihad

The Blues were beaten 2-0 at the Etihad on Saturday evening and the Portuguese accepts his side were simply second best throughout

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accepted Manchester City deserved to progress to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup at the expense of his side.

City secured a 2-0 win at the Etihad, courtesy of goals in either half from Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri. It ended the Blues' pursuit of the trophy, just a day after Mourinho labelled Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger a "specialist in failure".

However, the Portuguese was magnanimous in defeat, admitting he had no complaints at the final score.

"I don't say my team failed, I say City played much better than us, deserved much more than us to win," he said.

"The situation is simple to analyse: they were the best team, they won."

This defeat at the Etihad came just 12 days after Mourinho delivered a tactical masterclass as his side defeated City 1-0 in the Premier League. And the 51-year-old believes the manner of the loss showed how good his side level of performance was on their previous visit.

He added: "The second goal was an offside but we would still have lost 1-0 as we were never close to scaring City in the game.

"Today proved how difficult it is to win here, which shows how well my team did in the last game."

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