Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insists his side are not back in the title race despite securing a 2-0 win over the Premier League leaders that blew open the title race.
A goal in each half from Demba Ba and Willian ended Liverpool’s 11-match league winning run and brought second placed Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea back to within two points of the league leaders with just two fixtures remaining.
But the Portuguese tactician does not believe his side is a genuine premiership chance despite being so close.
“We’re back in nothing,” he told Sky Sports.
“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.”
“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.”
Mourinho has also put out any criticisms about his side’s tactics in the win.
“It was about winning. We deserved to win, no doubt about it. It’s as simple as this. “He added.
“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.
Source: Sokkaa