Backheel Breakfast: Chelsea are champions of the league and talking trash

Chelsea drew Arsenal 0-0 on Sunday, as expected. Even though they were the away team, with a 10-point gap back to Arsenal, had no reason to take risks, created the best chances of the game and deserved two penalties, they were criticized for being boring. Enter Jose Mourinho, who had the perfect response.

“You support a club and you’re waiting, waiting, waiting for so many years without a Premier League title, so that’s very boring. But maybe they aren’t singing at us. Maybe, when you’re the home side and you want to win a game but you take your No. 9 off [with six minutes remaining] ... maybe the home fans want to see [Danny] Welbeck and [Olivier] Giroud up front together.”

John Terry had a similar response, giving Arsenal a backhanded compliment in regards to their “tippy-tappy football”.

“We are definitely not boring and if we do go on to win it, nobody’s going to remember the performances when perhaps it’s not been that exciting. We’ve dug deep and other teams haven’t, and that is why they are so far behind us. Possession is great. We could see that from the Manchester United game last week. Possession and tippy-tappy football’s great, but if you are not winning games you’re not going to win the league.”

A lot of people don’t like this from Chelsea, but there’s an easy way to shut them up. Be better than them.

Bayern Munich have won the Bundesliga in April again.

Surprise! Eden Hazard is PFA Player of the Year. Harry Kane won YPOY. (We Ain’t Got No History)

Inter Milan will retire Javier Zanetti’s No. 4 shirt. (Football Italia)

Daniel Sturridge looks like he could miss the rest of the season. (BBC)

Luis Enrique is pretty thrilled about Thomas Vermaelen finally getting fit. (ESPN FC)

Bizarre story No. 1: The Impact are looking to get an MLS starting goalkeeper on a one-game loan for the CCL final. IS this legal? The CCL rules are ambiguous. (@nicksabetti)

Bizarre story No. 2: St. Mirren’s Steven Thompson threw a spear at teammate John McGinn as a prank and injured him. (Guardian)

James Yorke on why Liverpool should keep Brendan Rodgers. (Stats Bomb)

Luca Hodges-Ramon on football helping to fight poverty in Malawi. (Beyond The Field Of Play)

Manuel Veth on Brian Idowu, a black Zenit supporting defender who doubts he can ever play for his boyhood club. (Futbolgrad)

The section in which nothing should be taken seriously.

Liverpool want Memphis Depay, Christian Benteke and Danny Ings. (Telegraph)

Southampton think they can get Javier Hernandez for around £7.5m. (Metro)

Spurs are going after Florian Thuavin ... again. (Mirror)

Chelsea virtually clinched the title by drawing 0-0 with Arsenal.

Everton went and trucked Manchester United.

Barcelona kept the top spot in La Liga with a win over Espanyol.

But Real Madrid kept pace, winning a 6-goal thriller against Celta Vigo.

Benfica drew Porto 0-0, keeping them three points clear at the top. (BBC)

Chivas drew America in the Super Clasico to stay top of Liga MX.

Clint Dempsey was the difference for Seattle against Portland. (Sounder at Heart)

Bayern helped themselves to the title with a 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin. (Bavarian Football Works)

Watford became the first team to win promotion to the Premier League.

Manchester City were gifted a win over Aston Villa by dumb mistakes and bad officiating. (7500 to Holte)

That, combined with Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with West Brom, all but ends the Reds’ Champions League hopes. (Liverpool Offside)

Bournemouth vs. Bolton (2:45 p.m.) - Bournemouth are tied with Middlesbrough and one point ahead of Norwich for an automatic promotion place. They can virtually clinch with a win.

Valencia vs. Granada (2:45 p.m.) - Valencia trail Sevilla by one point for fourth in a tight La Liga Champions League race.