Jose Mourinho is refusing to entertain the idea that his Chelsea side might finish the season as Premier League champions, despite a win against the odds today at Anfield.
Mourinho’s side were expected to suffer the same fate as all recent visitors to Anfield and leave with nothing, but goals from Demba Ba and Willian pulled The Blues to within 2 points of the top of the table with 2 games left to play.
After the game, however, Mourinho was insistent that chances of a title win are still non-existent, telling Sky Sports News:
"We're back in nothing. At this moment we are almost third. With Everton's defeat (on Saturday) we were automatically qualified for the Champions League.
"Now with these three points we need one point to finish third. Champions are only one (team) and the champions will be City or Liverpool."
Brendan Rodgers spoke after the game of his side’s inability to break down a stubborn Chelsea side and complained that the visitors had come to Anfield without any intentions of winning the game, but rather aiming to disrupt Liverpool’s play.
“It was just difficult to get through, we just couldn’t make that final pass,” Rodgers said to Sky Sports after the game.
Mourinho rejected the idea his side had not set up to win the game: "It was about winning. We deserved to win, no doubt about it. It's as simple as this.
"With the result at 1-0 for 45 minutes, we were always comfortable. We were never in trouble against a team that is a fantastic team, a team that has beautiful players and scores a lot of goals and smashes every team that comes here.
"Now we can say we won both matches against the champions. If the champion is Liverpool, we won both matches against Liverpool; if the champion is Man City, we won both matches against Man City."
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