José Mourinho’s thoughts turn to Anfield after Chelsea trounce Swansea José Mourinho believes no team will ever do the quadruple, but it will not stop him going for a clean sweep of all four major competitions with Chelsea this season, starting with the Capital One Cup. Mourinho has unfinished business with Liverpool, who are Chelsea’s opponents at Anfield on Tuesday night in the first leg of their semi-final. No sooner had his Premier League leaders consolidated their position at the top by thrashing Swansea than the manager turned his attention to Liverpool, who he has never forgiven for denying his team a place in the 2005 European Cup final with what he calls a “ghost” goal by Luis García. Ten years is a long time, but Mourinho still harbours a grievance. He said: “Anfield is an historic stadium and everybody likes to play there. I like it but I have difficult memories. Losing a Champions League semi-final to a goal that didn’t cross the line will stay in my mind for ever, I cannot forget it. It still hurts, of course it does, and in the Capital One Cup there is no goalline technology, so we are not free from it happening again.” A decade on, Chelsea’s class of 2015 were in imperious form at the Liberty Stadium, Mourinho describing their performance as “perfect”. So could his team win everything? “No,” he said, “I don’t think that it’s possible for anyone. But it is possible to play for it and to motivate yourself with it.” The European Cup was the ultimate objective, Mourinho insisting greatness would elude this team and that they would be forgotten in 20 years time if they did not win it. On this form you would not bet against it. Chelsea have been vulnerable on their travels of late but they outclassed Swansea to a startling degree and would not have been flattered by an 8-0 margin – Willian struck the framework of the goal twice with Lukasz Fabianski beaten.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 09:52:04 +0000
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