Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has lauded Chelsea's Jose Mourinho, labelling him an extraordinary manager.

Allegri took charge of the Turin club last summer and is within touching distance of winning the Serie A in his first year with the Bianconeri but despite his own success, still suggests his Chelsea counterpart is a brilliant boss.

Speaking to The Guardian, Allegri heaped a lot of praise on the Special One: "I think that football is happiness and fun but in football you still need to think about winning because that's the thing that counts.

"To arrive at this objective, the objective of winning games, we need to take the path of playing beautiful football, having great intensity, working on tactics and technique - there are many aspects.

"Mourinho is an extraordinary manager who has won a lot. In football, a person can be liked or not liked. I can be liked, Mourinho can be liked, another person might not be liked, but in the end the thing that matters is our results."