Adds more pressure on Liverpool in my opinion. He will keep playing the weak Chelsea card and say Liverpool will/should win etc. That means if Liverpool don't win the pressure is ramped up and the comments of "are they cracking" "they couldn't beat a weakened Chelsea" etc fill the media. So it is quite a good play by Mourinho. They can win the league but likelihood is they wont even if they win - they will still be strong enough to get a result from Anfield because football is unpredictable. In my mind I think it is fate that Chelsea rest a few and beat Liverpool. It would be Mourinho all over. He did a great job with his tactics on Tuesday - you would expect them to get to the final now and then who knows what may happen.
From our point of view, regardless of who puts on a Chelsea shirt, their tactics will be simple and effective - contain and counter. That is how they will beat Liverpool and that is how they will frustrate them. Said it a few times, those fringe players, and those suspended for the second leg, need to show Jose they are worthy of a place on the pitch in the 2nd leg/final (if they make it). Others still need to force their name into their World Cup squads so I don't imagine performances will drop too much. The fact Mikel, Lampard and Matic are all available means that their midfield will be very compact and defensive - then they have Salah, Oscar, Schurrle, Eto'o, Ba, Torres, Hazard possibly to get minutes further forward. Plenty of danger there. Defensively you would expect Azpilicueta, Cahill, Luiz and Ivanovic for the 2nd leg - which means Cole will feature... not a bad reserve.
