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Mourinho may field weakened Chelsea team against Liverpool

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has suggested that he could field a weakened team against Liverpool on Sunday as he prioritises the Champions League semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid.

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Mourinho focused on Champions League semi-final

Jose Mourinho insisted his only focus was Chelsea's Champions League semi-final against Atletico Madrid as he refused to discuss the London side's domestic difficulties.

The Blues face Atletico in the first leg of the European tie on Tuesday night as they aim to put a damaging loss to Sunderland behind them.

Jose Mourinho refused to discuss his side's domestic troubles. Credit: PA Wire

"If you want to speak about the Premier League you have 19 teams in England that you can speak with," Mourinho said.

"We are lucky to be involved in the Champions League, so we are lucky that in the next two days we don't think about the Premier League and what's happened and what is going to happen because now we only think about (the match)."

Mourinho has never led Chelsea into the Champions League final after previously losing against Liverpool in two semi-finals during his previous stint as manager.

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