Criticism of Mourinho's Tactics, please...

In the aftermath of Liverpool's defeat of Chelsea in the Champion's League, post-match reporting has focused on the usual suspects: incompetent officiating vis-a-vis Garcia's goal crossing the line or not, Liverpool's negative tactics, the "best team" doesn't always win, etc.

Wrote an article for Squarefootball dealing with some of these topics, but am still waiting, not in any anticipation of actually seeing much, for some of the broadsheet or tabloid papers to actually criticise Mourinho for his tactics and man-management, rather than his petuant behaviour after the match, which was entirely and tiresomely predictable.

Quite simply, no goals in 180 minutes of football isn't a ringing endorsement of Mourinho's tactical approach, which consisted mainly of lumping the ball forward for Didier Drogba, or defender Robert Huth.

And John Terry and Frank Lampard were clearly out of gas and ideas in the second half. Both players needed to be on the pitch, but with Chelsea so far in front in the Premier League, could not a bit of rest been found for both players? Surely there were sufficient funds available for transfers?

Mourinho's pompous posturing about not using squad rotation has been exploded, his players did not have their legs under them in what was Chelsea's most important match of the year. Rather than blaming the referee's assistant, perhaps Jose should look in the mirror for answers, and take a razor blade with him while he's at it...