Lucas Leiva has revealed Liverpool's off-the-ball tactics for victory at Chelsea on Sunday.

Lucas disclosed the plan that saw the Reds clinch victory through Glen Johnson after substitute Daniel Strurridge had cancelled out a 33rd minute strike from Maxi Rodriguez.

He told liverpoolfc.tv: "They had the ball a lot at the back, and our strategy was to let the centre backs have the ball and then press at the right moment.

"When you regain the ball close to or in the opposition's half, you always have a chance to break and you can find space. That's what happened when we got the ball off Mikel and scored our first goal.

"If you see Barcelona play, they play the ball out from the back a lot and they can be open if you regain the ball. But the problem is that against Barcelona, you can't get the ball off them!

"We could do that against Chelsea though, and that was important."