Wenger and Mourinho have long been going at one another in the media, and with the two sides’ Premier League clash just days away, The Special One has added fuel to the fire by refusing to apologise for statements previously made against the French manager.
"I didn't get an apology [from Wenger],” said Mourinho.
“I don't apologise. My feeling about it is, to [get] over it... to forget it and to move forward without thinking about what happened, you don't need to apologise.
"Intelligent football people don't need that. Finish, move and let's go for another match with big responsibility for both of us. We manage two big clubs in London and we have a responsibility not to win, but to give a good match for the millions of fans both clubs have, and the billions of fans of the Premier League around the world, to have a big match with no problems."
Asked whether the former Real Madrid boss regrets the comments he made towards Wenger, Mourinho argues that it was provoked, and therefore refuses to apologise first, "It was a consequence of something. It wasn't a deliberate first option to say something. It was a consequence of something."
Mourinho also denied any psychological advantage which his side may have going into the encounter, after their 6-0 thrashing of the Gunners last season, “The 6-0 is once every 50 years, not year after year. It's something that happens occasionally. Me against Arsene Wenger, I never had the pleasure of playing one against one against him, in beach soccer or anything. I never had that pleasure.
“It was always between Chelsea and Arsenal, and even that doesn't play an important part of the game on Sunday. This game is out of that context. What happened in the past happened in the past.
“Can we win again? Yes we can. But it's a big match against a very good team, and a difficult one,” added the Portuguese-born gaffer.