Jose Mourinho has reminisced about Chelsea\u2019s famous 2-0 win at Liverpool towards the end of the 2013\/14 season which all but ended the Reds\u2019 Premier League title ambitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Liverpool welcomed Chelsea to Anfield on matchday 36 sitting in first place on 80 points, while their visitors arrived in third on 75 points.<\/p>\n But Liverpool\u2019s 11-match winning run came to a catastrophic end on April 27. Club captain Steven Gerrard slipped when shaping to receive a pass back from Mamadou Sakho, allowing Demba Ba to steal possession and score against the run of play. The hosts threw everything at\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0in search of an equaliser but conceded to Willian in second-half stoppage time.<\/p>\n This result allowed Manchester City, who sat three points behind\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0with a superior goal difference and had a game in hand, to take control of the title race, eventually prevailing on the final day of the season.<\/p>\n Speaking on\u00a0The Obi One Podcast<\/em>, ex-Chelsea boss Mourinho admitted Gerrard did not deserve such a fate and he was close with Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers from their history working together. However, he was intent on spoiling the Anfield \u2018party\u2019.<\/p>\n Gerrard was at the centre of attention \/ Tom Jenkins\/GettyImages<\/p>\n \u201cIt was nothing to do with Brendan. In many fun moments, we used to call Brendan \u2018the special two\u2019. We had a very good relationship,\u201d Mourinho began.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat happened was, we were in the Champions League semi-final. We drew 0-0 with Atletico Madrid and we played at home on the second leg. And this game [against Liverpool] means nothing because we were going to finish second or third.<\/p>\n \u201cI wanted to play the game on Friday night or Saturday. The Premier League didn\u2019t do that for us. We were crying, we were complaining, we were begging, and they were saying it was because of audiences, because of Sky, because of I don\u2019t know what.<\/p>\n \u201cFor us, it was about reaching the Champions League final, but I couldn\u2019t go and play Liverpool with our Under-18s. It wouldn\u2019t have been fair to Man City for us to go there even with our second team, so we wanted to do things in the right way.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to play on the Friday night or on Saturday at 12pm maximum. They didn\u2019t give us that, so when we went there, we went to destroy their party, and we went there like we were playing for the title, which we weren\u2019t, but we gave everything to try to win.<\/p>\n \u201cOf course, I gave a bit of rest to one or two guys, I played young [Tomas] Kalas, who had a fantastic game against Luis Suarez. We were on the bus and the guys outside were selling shirts with \u2018Liverpool Champions\u2019 on, and you can\u2019t allow that as Chelsea. You have to keep the marketing and merchandise in a box.<\/p>\n \u201cWe played a fantastic match. Of course, Stevie G slipped, and he was the last person who deserved that to happen, but that\u2019s part of football and in reality we played so well.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI even felt sorry for Brendan because I\u2019m always supporting my friends, but on matchday, friends stay at home.\u201d<\/p>\n Chelsea would go on to lose the second leg of their Champions League semi-final 3-1 at home to Atletico Madrid, while Liverpool drew 3-3 at Crystal Palace after leading 3-0 the following week to essentially hand the title to City on a platter.<\/p>\n
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