Jose Mourinho 'wanted to kill' coach who ruined TV blackout

Mourinho banned television from the hotel and team bus before the final at Wembley to prevent his players from being distracted by Manchester City's result against Liverpool.

City lost 2-1 to the Reds at Anfield - leaving Chelsea with a five-point advantage at the top of the table and a game in hand - but Mourinho was keen for his players to not know the result before they took to the pitch.

"I knew that was an impossible mission, but I didn't want the television on in the hotel or on the bus," Mourinho explained.

"I told them (the players) I didn't want any kind of manifestation or disappointment if City scored in the last minute, or Liverpool won. I wanted complete silence.

"We were successful on that. But one member of my staff jumped up in the bus. Silvino (Louro, an assistant first-team coach). I wanted to kill the guy. He broke the rule."

Chelsea claimed the first major trophy of the season at Wembley thanks to John Terry's first-half strike and Kyle Walker's own goal early in the second period.

The victory was Mourinho's 10th in 12 major finals and his 21st trophy in 15 years of management.

However, Mourinho still believes that the Premier League title race is still wide open despite City's loss.

However, Chelsea are now firm favourites to add the Premier League title to their trophy haul this season but Mourinho insists City, and even Manchester United, remain in contention.

"It's in the hands of everyone," Mourinho said. "We have lots of difficult matches to play. City have difficult matches. "United are third, right? Nine points (behind)? They are in the title race too. Liverpool (beating Manchester City), I predicted that."