Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho expressed delight at his team's demolition of city rivals AC Milan.

Speaking to TuttoMercatoWeb after his sides spectacular 4-0 victory in the Milan derby Mourinho said "Today both sides gave each the initiative, both teams are strong when given space.

"Football is nice because when you win everything is well and when you lose everything is bad. If we'd lost they would have killed me for playing [Wesley] Sneijder, but I knew I would've let him play for the last 24 hours.

"Yesterday I said we have more potential than last year, we are more balanced, but we need to work hard because we are playing in a new way. Having four points is positive.

However the 'Special One' stressed that his team need to show what they're made of in their Champions League match-up against Barcelona.

"This team needs to play the ball with its characteristics, the match against Barcelona will tell us who we are also in the Champions League. I tell [Milan coach] Leonardo to stay confident, life goes on."