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It’s a big night at Anfield: Liverpool v Spurs, Jurgen Klopp v Jose Mourinho, champions v leaders. But the best way to frame it, if you’re into the whole rivalry thing, is Liverpool v Jose Mourinho. Their mutual enmity goes back a long way. In 2004, Mourinho almost became Liverpool manager. In 2005, he ssshhhed Liverpool fans during the Carling Cup final and compared their style of football unfavourably to that of – and you’ll like this - Sam Allardyce’s Bolton (8m58s on this video). Liverpool stopped Mourinho reaching two Champions League finals in 2005 and 2007; he denied them a title in 2014, when his evil plan worked so perfectly that Chelsea scored their two goals in time added on for their brazen timewasting.
Liverpool had the most recent laugh, when they got Mourinho sacked as Manchester United manager two years ago. Many thought that was the last we’d see of him at the top table. Instead he returns to Anfield with Spurs top of the table, and with the confidence to flap his gums before the match over Liverpool’s injury list.
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