Chelsea's board have approved Jose Mourinho's controversial plans to field a weakened team in Sunday's Premier League match against Liverpool at Anfield.
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Right, so the board have discussed the matter and determined that if Chelsea play their main line-up, they will not beat us, and are not good enough to have a shot at winning the title.
Consequently, they have decided they had better focus on the Champions League instead and hope they do better there.
As for Mourinho 'deciding' to field a weakened team.. well, no Cech, Terry, Ramires, Hazard... what other option does he have any way? He decided nothing. He has not come out with a genius tactic. His hand is forced. He knows he can't play his intended line-up.
To cover that, he's moaning about playing a "weakened" side, and claiming he will focus on the Champions League.
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