Riise howler poetic justice, says Jose

JOSE MOURINHO has described John Arne Riise’s own goal for Liverpool against Chelsea in the Champions League semi-final as poetic justice — but he insists the outcome of the tie is still 50-50.

Mourinho lost two Champions League semi-finals at Anfield and is still bitter about the first of them in 2005. Liverpool won 1-0 on aggregate thanks to a Luis Garcia strike which Mourinho dubbed “a ghost goal” because he said the ball did not cross the line.

The Portuguese said of Riise’s calamity: “It was in exactly the same goal, with that incredible — I love it — good crowd Liverpool has in the Kop.

“I think it’s fair. They were lucky that time (in 2005), and Chelsea were lucky this time.”

But Mourinho warned his former club not to assume a 1-1 draw puts them in the driving seat.

“It’s a completely different result, 1-0 or 1-1,” he said. “It’s still 50-50.”