Mourinho: I haven’t instilled right motivation into my team

José Mourinho appeared before the media on the eve of his team’s kick-off in the Champions League against Manchester City, Real Madrid official website repored.

The Real Madrid manager spoke about the relationship he has with his squad: "It is impossible to improve the relationship that I have between the players and technical staff. I don’t think that there are any lingering doubts. I believe that I am the one to blame because I haven’t instilled the right motivation into my team and I repeat that, for my teams, when we win, we win as a team and when we lose, I am the one to blame.”

Mourinho finally admitted that he does feel loved by people who are important to him: “I have the affection of people who genuinely love me: my family and secondly the people who work with me, my team, my staff, my players... I feel loved by the people around me and that is not a problem.”