José Mourinho's defensive tactics produced a 2-0 win for Chelsea over Liverpool.

Assessing Chelsea's tactics, Brendan Rodgers said: "José's happy to work that way, to play that way, and he'll probably shove his CV in front of me and say it works, but it's not my way of working.

"I like to take the initiative in games, try to dominate and let players express themselves.

"Our game is based on (being) offensive, being creative, as opposed to stopping."

Rodgers rejected suggestions that nerves had played a part in Liverpool's defeat, with the club seeking a first league title since 1990.

"It (Chelsea's approach) is a defensive style, the polar opposite to how we work, and hopefully over time our offensive mentality and aggression will get us long-term results," he added.

"It's not difficult to coach to put 10 players right on your 18-yard box but it's much harder to try and break through it and they defended it well.

"We were the team that wanted to win the game. It was difficult because they played with a back six right from the off.

"We found it difficult to break them down, but it wasn't nerves. It was just that final ball and maybe that bit of luck that we needed so we're obviously disappointed with the result."