Chelsea chokehold suffocates Reds

Liverpool 0 Chelsea 2

After working under Mourinho at Chelsea, Brendan Rodgers would have known the Portuguese’s tactics and approach inside out. Yet in a chess match of a contest at Anfield yesterday, Mourinho lured Rodgers to where he wanted him, then delivered the game’s killer moves at the key moments.

For the first time in 12 games, the red juggernaut, seemingly unstoppable as it powered towards the first league title since 1990, was ground to a halt.