Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini has told El Mercurio that Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho likes to "make the most" of his successes, adding: "I do not do this."
Mourinho ended his first year back at Stamford Bridge without a trophy, but he led the club to the Premier League title and Capital One Cup last season and is expected to soon sign a new long-term contract.
Pellegrini, meanwhile, had to contend with regular speculation over his position as City -- who had won the Premier League and Capital One Cup in 2013-14 -- ended the campaign second in the table and without winning a cup.
The Chilean, whom Mourinho replaced as Real Madrid boss in 2010, said: "What happens is that, when he wins, the press go with him.
"Last year, when we were champions, I didn't open my mouth, and this year Chelsea won the same trophies as we did. When he wins, he wants to make the most of it. I do not do this."
The pair have engaged in regular public spats, dating back to Mourinho's time in Madrid, but Pellegrini said: "I have no problems with Mourinho. He is not my enemy. It is a conflict that does not exist.
"I differ in everything, but that does not make me his enemy. That is his personality, and it is not my intention to analyse it, or to be in conflict."
Pellegrini accepted that City did not have as good a season as had been hoped but said he viewed it as a "neutral," rather than bad, campaign.
"It was not like the first year," he said. "We had a normal Premier League season, because to be in the top three in England is a good season. There are five teams who could be champions, and we were second.
"Then, to go out to Barcelona in Europe comes within what can be expected. And it was a very bad season in the cups, going out to Newcastle, who played a youth team, and Middlesbrough.
"Maybe Arsenal's season is better -- they were third, and won a cup. Ours was middling."
Asked whether the owners were unhappy with City's season, he replied: "Everyone in the club was not happy with the performance of the team last season. The owners, the directors, the coach, the players, the fans, everyone -- but to go from there, to say I am leaving, that is a big stretch."
He said he "never" thought he would leave the Etihad Stadium.
"I knew the internal reality of the club," he said. "More than worry about the press, I tried to lift the team."
ESPN FC's Spain correspondent Dermot Corrigan contributed to this report.