Jose Mourinho re-opens war of words with Manuel Pellegrini and claims Manchester City manager of 'killed' Mark Clattenburg

• Jose Mourinho reignites feud with Manuel Pellegrini by claiming Man City boss 'killed Mark Clattenburg'
• Pellegrini criticsed the referee's performance during his side's 2-2 draw with Arsenal this month
• Chilean also claimed Chelsea played like a 'small team' as Blues drew 1-1 at the Etihad last Sunday 
• Chelsea boss confirmed midfielder Ramires will miss Saturday's clash with Aston Villa and the following fixture against Arsenal 

Jose Mourinho has reignited his feud with Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini by claiming he ‘killed Mark Clattenburg’.

Pellegrini criticised Chelsea’s manager after the 1-1 draw between their teams at the Etihad Stadium last Sunday and accused Mourinho of approaching the game ‘like a small team’.

Mourinho finally responded yesterday by reminding Pellegrini —who rarely gets involved in confrontations — that he broke his own rules last season by criticising Clattenburg.

VIDEO Scroll down to watch Jose Mourinho: Manuel Pellegrini killed Mark Clattenburg 

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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed Manuel Pellegrini 'killed' Mark Clattenburg earlier this season 

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Frank Lampard refused to celebrate after scoring for City against former club Chelsea in last week's 1-1 draw

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Referee Clattenburg booked Lampard during Man City's 2-2 draw with Arsenal earlier this month

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Man City boss Pellegrini claimed Clattenburg's performance had cost his side victory at The Emirates

The official was in charge when City lost 3-2 at Liverpool at the end of the season and when they drew at Arsenal in the title run-in.

Mourinho said: ‘It was not one or two or three times that he told everyone he doesn’t speak about referees. He killed Clattenburg.

‘Three or four times he says he doesn’t speak about me or my teams — he did it once more. It’s for you to comment. When I said I don’t want to speak about him, that’s what I try to do 

Jose Mourinho: Manuel Pellegrini killed Mark Clattenburg

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Mourinho and Pellegrini have never seen eye to eye, with the Chilean attacking the Chelsea manager's tactics

‘Don’t speak with me. If you want a story, speak with him, not me. I follow my line. I don’t want to discuss any situation.’

Mourinho is preparing for today’s home clash with Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League without Brazil midfielder Ramires. He has a groin injury and has already been ruled out of the Champions League group game against Sporting on Tuesday and next Sunday’s date with Arsenal.

Mourinho hopes Ramires will be available after the international break. Yesterday, he also spoke about his concerns if Spain call up Diego Costa next week for their Euro 2016 qualifiers. The Chelsea forward missed the Capital One Cup win over Bolton on Wednesday but will be available for today’s clash with Paul Lambert’s third-placed Villa.

Costa returned from the last round of internationals with a hamstring problem in his left leg, but Vicente del Bosque, Spain’s coach, still intends to call him up for games against Slovakia and Luxembourg.