Mourinho keeps his joy confined

There were no manic celebrations. In fact, Jose Mourinho disappeared down the tunnel before the final whistle.

But inside his head you can be sure there was an urge to race down the Stamford Bridge touchline, coat tails flapping, arms pumping and voice screaming: “I’m the Special One and you’d better believe it.”

As revenge goes it does not come much sweeter than Inter Milan’s 1-0 win over Chelsea (3-1 on aggregate) which saw the Italians progress into the quarter-finals of the Champions League and Mourinho settle a festering score with Roman Abramovich.