London - Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said that his plans to stop his players following Manchester City's game against Liverpool prior to the League Cup final were thwarted by his goalkeeping coach.
City lost 2-1 at Liverpool on Sunday, leaving Chelsea five points clear of the defending champions at the top of the Premier League table with a game in hand.
Hours later, Chelsea beat Spurs 2-0 at Wembley in the League Cup final and Mourinho revealed afterwards that his attempts to keep his players in the dark about events at Anfield had been inadvertently undermined by excitable goalkeeping coach Silvino Loura.