Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has urged fans not to barrack Steven Gerrard ahead of their Capital One Cup semi with Liverpool. Mourinho is not amused by a chant ridiculing Gerrard's fateful slip at Anfield last April, which allowed Demba Ba to open the scoring in Chelsea's 2-0 win and ultimately cost Liverpool the title.

"Gerrard is an historical player for Liverpool, an historical player for the Premier League, an opponent I always admired and respect.

"Our fans have a song (about him) that I don't like, I don't like it at all.

"Maybe a couple of times it's good fun, but to go on and go on, especially when a player like him deserves respect, I don't think we need that. We have so many other songs that we don't need that one."