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Chelsea V Liverpool at Stamford Bridge: LIVE
Chelsea V Liverpool - view commentary, squad, and statistics of the game live.Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho coy over whether he's received reassurances on futureJose Mourinho refused to comment on whether he has received reassurances from Chelsea's board and owner Roman Abramovich over his future as manager.Mourinho was subject of the first managerial vote of confidence of Abramovich's 12-year ownership on October 5, and Chelsea have won just one of four matches since ahead of Saturday's clash with Liverpool.Chelsea, the defending Barclays Premier League champions, enter this weekend's fixtures 15th in the table after losing half of their 10 games, including last Saturday at West Ham, while their Capital One Cup defence ended at Stoke on Tuesday.Asked whether he had been given assurances over his position, Mourinho, who in August signed a four-year contract extension until June 2019, said: "I don't have to tell you."Abramovich has previously axed managers when Chelsea's place in the Premier League's top four and qualification for the Champions League the following season had been in doubt.Asked if he can guarantee Chelsea a place in Europe's elite competition next term, Mourinho said: "I cannot promise."He then pointed to the failure of Manchester United and Liverpool to qualify for the Champions League in recent seasons.Mourinho added: "Chelsea is a big club. It's the club that I choose to come (to). It's a club I live in a very specific way every day."Liverpool is a big club, Man United is a super big club. Last season Liverpool win nothing and didn't qualify for the Champions League."Two years ago Man United didn't qualify for the Champions League - not even Europa League - and won nothing."They are still a monster club, but that's football."Mourinho has consistently stated since his return in June 2013 that finishing in the top four had to be the priority in a competitive league.But in referring to the examples of United and Liverpool, Mourinho neglected to say that both sides changed their managers.David Moyes was replaced by Louis van Gaal at United and Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool by Jurgen Klopp, who will be in the visiting dugout at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.Asked about the changes in Liverpool since Klopp succeeded Rodgers earlier this month, Mourinho said: "I think everything is the same. Changed some details, obviously, in their tactical approach to matches."But this is the nature of the game, especially when you are thinking and speaking about two top managers."When you change a top manager for an ordinary one. when you change a top one to another top one, the level is high, they know what to do, it's just a little bit of difference to the way both think about football."Diego Costa (ribs) and Pedro (undisclosed) will undergo late fitness tests to determine if the pair will play on Saturday, while midfielder Nemanja Matic is available after a one-match suspension for his dismissal at West Ham.Klopp, meanwhile, does not believe Chelsea's current troubles make it any easier visiting Stamford Bridge and warned of the dangers a "wounded" side can pose."Chelsea is not easy," the German said. "Do the Chelsea players not know any more how to play football? No, of course not."They had brilliant moments in the games before, but they didn't win often enough."Like last year you know how Chelsea play: very good defence, very good structure and then big individual quality to finish individual situations."You can talk about Costa, Willian, Oscar, Ramires, Matic - all these guys are great players with (Gary) Cahill and (John) Terry."I am not sure it is easier to play Chelsea now than last year - why should it be?"Okay, being full of self-confidence maybe makes some things different, but to be wounded can make you stronger too."They don't feel life is as good as it could be and now they want to change it and that is big motivation."But we are motivated too. We have to try something, we have to play - that is what I am looking forward to as it is my first time in the stadium."It is difficult to play against Chelsea but it is not impossible to win."Klopp also understands what Mourinho is going through as he experienced exactly the same in his final season at Dortmund when, this time last year, they were in the bottom three of the Bundesliga."I am experienced in this! These things can happen. I am not close enough to Chelsea to know the reasons and I am not a journalist so I don't have to think all day why things are like they are," he added."I am interested in the football Chelsea played the last weeks. I don't know anything about his methods because I've never been in his training."I don't think anyone knows enough about my kind of work, it is always speculation, and I don't know how he works."We have to respect the quality of what Chelsea do."