MOURINHO JIBE AT ANFIELD SUCCES

Jose Mourinho has claimed that Liverpool’s illustrious history of success is just that – history.

The Chelsea manager is obviously niggled by the Anfield club’s domination in Europe and domestically down the years, and has stated that it’s his club who are now making the history. While the Chelsea boss accepts they cannot compete with Liverpool’s European heritage, he has pointed to the fact the Merseysiders have not won the English title for 17 years – and added that Chelsea made their mark in footballing folklore by winning the first FA Cup at the new Wembley.

He said: “Liverpool fans can continue to chant ‘no history’ at us but we continue to make it. They have their history, we have our history. They are a club with a history in Europe that Chelsea doesn’t have, and their history is magnificent, but I think for 17 years they don’t win one championship and we won two in the last three years. Of the 12 pieces of silverware in English football in the last three years, Chelsea won six, Liverpool two, Manchester United two and Arsenal two, so we won the same number of pieces of silverware that the other three clubs won all together. So I think we are going in the right direction. The FA Cup was a special final, an historic one, more than a normal final. It was also the end of a period when in three years, we won every competition in English football, so it was special.”