While observing how his side couldn't cope with Liverpool's intensity and physicality during their 3-1 loss at Anfield, Jose Mourinho compared Liverpool's defensive transitions with his Champions League-winning Porto sides.

“You can compare my Porto team to Liverpool as the quality of the players are there. It was my best team in defensive transition. We lost the ball and bite like mad dogs and recover the ball in seconds.”

He singled out Andy Robertson as Liverpool's defining player, saying “I am still tired just to look at Robertson. He makes I think 100 metre sprints per minute. Absolutely incredible and these are qualities.”

Mourinho then pointed out the technical ability of his opposition from the likes of Sadio Mane and Naby Keita. But Liverpool's physicality made the difference.

“I have lots of good players technically but we don't have many players with that intensity and that physicality. When the game has high level of intensity it is difficult for us. We have lots of problems dealing with physicality.