Liverpool legend Graeme Souness refused to back down from his criticism of Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho yesterday. Mourinho took issue with Souey over his blast after Chelsea's Champions League elimination last week.

On Friday, Mourinho said: "The difference between me and Souness is this - Souness as a player, up there. Jose Mourinho as a player, down here. Jose Mourinho as a manager, up here. Souness as a manager, down there.

"With another difference: I was not a frustrated man because I was not a top player. He is clearly a frustrated man."

But writing in the Sunday Times, Souness was sticking to his guns.

"He had his say about me at his press conference on Friday and he is entitled to his opinion, but it won't change mine," he said.

"When he reflects on what went wrong against PSG and addresses it , I hope - yet doubt - that will include the obsession with gamesmanship.

"It seemed more important to Chelsea than getting on the ball and taking on PSG in a game of football, which they were more than capable of winning. They are a far better team than they showed. Getting the opposition booked by their excessive reaction to fouls became their priority. I was angered and saddened by that approach."