Jose Mourinho mystified after winning the Premier League for Chelsea without once being named Manager of the Month

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Jose Mourinho claims he has no idea why the Manager of the Month award continues to elude him.

Chelsea boss Mourinho has won the Premier League's monthly award for top managers three times but not since March 2007.

And he is the first to win the title without winning Manager of the Month since he did the same thing in 2005/06.

Jose Mourinho said he'd 'like to know the people in the panel' in response to not winning Manager of the Month

Mourinho (right) secured the Premier League title when Chelsea beat Crystal Palace 1-0 last weekend

Mourinho has twice guided Chelsea to Premier League glory without winning the award on the way

'For many months no defeats, only victories but I can do nothing,' said Mourinho. 'I can just enjoy my title which is the most important thing.

'My objective for the season is to be champion and what comes comes and what doesn't come doesn't come.

'I prefer not to comment, but I would like to know the people in the panel. Who are they because maybe someday I meet somebody and I want to hug him.'

Except when he said 'hug him', the grinning Chelsea boss did a mock strangulation gesture.