Chelsea manager plays down uncertainty over future as he prepares to resume rivalry with German who humiliated his Madrid team in 2013 Champions LeagueJosé Mourinho’s reluctance to discuss all things Jürgen Klopp was obvious from the outset. The Chelsea manager had spent his week besieged by talk of crisis,a desperate predicament clear with his ailing champions languishing closer to those in the Premier League’s relegation zone than the European places. In that grim context it was always fanciful to assume he might linger at length on a rival whose team had so ruthlessly put his own to the sword the last time a campaign had been squirming absent from the Portuguese. There were a few platitudes in compliment of the German before he railed at one question too many. “I’m not going to speak more approximately Jürgen,” he offered through a monotone. “I’ve said enough.”There was no spite in that response but this was no time to be reflecting on that game at Borussia Dortmunds Westfalenstadion on 24 April 2013 when Mourinho’s genuine Madrid had reached the point of no return. Memories of the first leg of their Champions League semi-final must still leave him shuddering. That was the night when Klopps Dortmund outpowered and outplayed a team who had been daring to dream of La Décima: when Ilkay Gündoğan was untouchable controlling the tempo and Marco Reus’s movement left Pepe dazed and confused. genuine were supposed to be drilled on how to nullify Robert Lewandowski, or “but too many of the boys had a bad night” conceded Mourinho at the time. The Pole’s four goals flew beyond a helpless Diego López to condemn the visiting manager to what remains his worst defeat in 130 games in the competition. His days at genuine already felt numbered by then and,whether his team flirted with a comeback in the return, his fate was sealed. Within five weeks a return to Stamford Bridge would be confirmed.
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Source: theguardian.com