Jose Mourinho has started the mind games ahead of next weeks second leg, stating that Liverpool fans are more concerned about getting at him than concentrating on our team, and that 99.9% of Liverpool fans reckon we are already in the final. What a d**k!

"I'm happy with the result," he said. "It's a result that leaves me very, very confident we will go to the final.

"It is not a result we fought for. We tried to win and created enough chances to, but in a Champions League tie 0-0 is a good result at home.

"I expect us to win because I'm confident we can score goals."

Mourinho said he was surprised by the number of chances they had created.

"I think we had more chances than I thought before the game," he added. "Before the game I was thinking it would be much more difficult to score.

"We have got goals in Liverpool and they have to play a different way and it is very dangerous for them. They play at home and 99.9% of Liverpool fans will be thinking they are in the final but they aren't and it will be difficult for them.

"Anfield is a beautiful atmosphere. I played there for the first time in the Premiership so I can imagine in the Champions League semi-finals, with the tie at 0-0, it will be even more beautiful an atmosphere and I look forward to it.

"If we don't lose more players because our situation is not very good with injuries, I think we'll go there and we'll go to the final."

"It was a decent result for us because we haven't conceded - but we're disappointed we missed a few chances.

"Away goals are costly so that was our first aim. After that we wanted to score.

"Next week we'll be raring to go - it's a massive game.

"We were fortunate to win 1-0 there earlier in the season and we'll have to be on top of the game to get the right result.

"Hopefully we'll go up there, defend well and nick a goal."

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