Mourinho wants to play weakened team at Liverpool

Jose Mourinho has admitted he’s willing to hand Liverpool the Premier League title by playing a weakened team for Chelsea’s crunch clash at Anfield.

The Blues travel to Merseyside on Sunday already trailing the Reds by five points with three games remaining.

Victory would still require Liverpool to drop points against either Crystal Palace or Newcastle, and with Petr Cech ruled out with a dislocated shoulder, and John Terry and Eden Hazard struggling for fitness, Mourinho has suggested he may be ready to throw in the title towel in order to give Chelsea the best chance of beating Atletico Madrid in the semi-final second-leg at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday.

He told ITV after the 0-0 draw in Spain: ‘I must speak with Chelsea about priorities.

‘I’m not the most important person at the club. I do what the club decides.

‘I would play [at Liverpool] with the players who won’t play on Wednesday but I have to speak with the club.’