Liverpool fans would be quite happy to see Mourinho field 11 Chelsea Pensioners or a side of under-eights. After 11 consecutive league wins for Brendan Rodgers’ men, there is nothing Chelsea can do to diminish the Anfield rebirth. If Liverpool return to where they last were in 1990 it will not be because Mourinho turned Machiavellian on the run-in. Yet the thrill is gone when a team who could still theoretically win the title pass up that chance in favour of glory in another competition.