"Nobody else is in such a good position to win the Premiership," Mourinho said. "If at the end we don’t win the Premiership, of course you can say to me, ‘You were overconfident’. But I prefer to be overconfident than to show my players a lack of confidence. This is not lack of respect for Arsenal or Manchester United or the 11 teams we have to play against. We feel we are going to do it. You are not used to a person like me, who is as open as I am, who is not afraid to say what he feels. If a person says, ‘We are going to be champions’, and this is [seen as] a lack of respect, I have to understand that, but I will not change."