Chelsea and Liverpool face off in the curtain raiser in this weekend’s Premier League lunchtime kick off.
Jose Mourinho is reportedly under pressure with his future at the club set to be decided after the result of this game.
This is the first time that Mourinho will face Jurgen Klopp in the Premier League, with the German hoping to continue his unbeaten record at Liverpool after their 1-0 win over Bournemouth in the Capital One cup – a day after Chelsea went out of the same competition.
Chelsea may feel a little fatigued this weekend as they were taken to extra-time and penalties on Tuesday in the game where under performing Eden Hazard had his penalty saved by Stoke’s Jack Butland.
In Mourinho’s pre match conference he spoke about the Belgian and his opponent, Jurgen Klopp.
Jose: 'It's not because he missed a penalty I will criticise Eden Hazard. He had a positive game at Stoke and I was pleased with him.' #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 30, 2015
Jose: 'I'm not a close friend of Jurgen Klopp's because football doesn't allow that, but he's a guy I like a lot.' #CFC
— Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) October 30, 2015
Liverpool have failed to beat Chelsea in the last 8 meeting’s with their last victory coming in 2012, 3 days after Chelsea’s FA Cup Victory over the reds, where Andy Carroll could’ve got an late equalizer for Liverpool but was denied by a superb save by Czech international: Petr Cech.
Jurgen Klopp has a great record against Mourinho. The last four games between them:
Dortmund 2-1 Real Madrid (2012 Champions league group stage)
Real Madrid 2-2 Dortmund (2012 Champions league group stage)
Dortmund 4-1 Real Madrid (2013 Champions league semi final 1st leg)
Real Madrid 2-0 Dortmund (2013 Champions league semi final 2nd leg)
