Blues coach ruins blackout bid

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said his plan to stop his players from following Manchester City's game against Liverpool prior to the League Cup final was thwarted by his goalkeeping coach.

City lost 2-1 at Liverpool on Sunday, leaving Chelsea five points clear of the defending champion atop the Premier League standings with a game in hand.

Hours later, Chelsea beat the 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.