The Chelsea boss is unmoved by the former
Liverpool striker's references to the Blues' tactics at
Anfield last season and says that he would never
write "a book to tell s**t"
Jose Mourinho has hit back at Luis Suarez 's references to
Chelsea 's tactics during last season's crucial Premier
League clash with Liverpool in his new autobiography,
saying that he would never write "a book to tell s**t and to
criticise people and to speak negative things".
Within the pages of 'Crossing the Line', Suarez mentions
questioning an unnamed Blues player over the visitors'
perceived time-wasting from the start of last season's
encounter at Anfield, only for his opponent to reply: "What
do you want me to do? If [Mourinho] makes us play like
this, I have to play like this. What else can I do? If I don't, I
won't play. What would you do?"
But Mourinho, who recently suggested that Roy Keane's
public criticism of him was motivated by the desire to sell
books, was unmoved when presented with Suarez's latest
revelation.
"Another book," a shrugging Mourinho remarked to
reporters. "Books ... Do you read these books? I don't. At
51, I might have enough story to write one but when you ar
25? Do you write a book about when you were a kid? I don't
think I will [do a book].
"I have an invitation to do a picture book, just with 100
photographs I'd choose of my career, and I'd just make a
little comment on every picture. A memory book but not a
book to tell s**t and to criticise people and to speak
negative things about people who belong to my career."
Chelsea return to Anfield on Saturday as unbeaten Premier
League leaders and Mourinho expects Liverpool to attack
his side from the outset again.
"I expect a game where Liverpool know that, if they lose,
they are 15 points behind," he added. "If they are 15 points
behind in November, obviously it's not over for them but it's
difficult. If they win, nine points behind is different to 15. It's
a very good motivation for them so I expect them to try and
win.
"As for us, we knew in the first 11 matches we would have
to go to Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool,
so we knew for sure we'd have the most difficult fixtures of
every team. The fixtures were very, very difficult. If, after 11
matches, we had been in a mid-table position because we
had lost three matches, it would have been something
normal, very acceptable.
"When we leave Anfield, we will have left behind three of the
most difficult stadiums to play in all season. The points we
are getting against the other contenders – one here, one
there, three here, three there – are important
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
