With dreams of European glory in tatters, Manchester United, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur turn their attention to the FA Cup quarter-finals this weekend clinging to their last chance of silverware this season.
Jose Mourinho would be the best choice as England coach, captain John Terry said.
Two goals in the first five minutes helped Inter Milan ease to the top of Serie A with a 3-1 win over Napoli on Wednesday.
Jose Mourinho has invited the Football Association to approach him about the vacant England manager's job.
IMAGES from the English Premier League match played between Manchester United and Liverpool at Old Trafford on Saturday
With the 3-0 loss, Chelsea and the Gaffer have now matched the club's worst records -- Mourinho suffered his joint-heaviest defeat as a Premier League manager, while, for the first time in 17 years, the Blues have failed to record a win in either of their opening league games
Paul Pogba faces 'a few weeks'on the sidelines after injuring his hamstring.
"I want to leave Chelsea. Something is broken with the club," Didier Drogba told the France Football magazine.
Jose Mourinho has committed himself to Premier League champions Chelsea until at least 2019 after signing a new four-year contract as manager, the west London club said on Friday.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said he would stay with the EPL champions if he has enough support from the club.
Manchester City reached their fourth straight League Cup final as second-half goals from John Stones and Fernandinho gave Pep Guardiola's side a 2-0 win over Manchester United in Wednesday's semi-final at Old Trafford.
Jose Mourinho said on Tuesday his arrival at Serie A champions Inter Milan would not spark a bonanza of transfer market spending and that he would buy two or three players. He did not rule out bids for some of his former players at Chelsea, however.
Avram Grant rejected an offer to return to his old job as Chelsea's director of football after being sacked as the club's manager on Saturday, he said on Tuesday.
A fixture that once enjoyed the cachet of a heavyweight title fight -- and often resembled one on the pitch as England's preeminent teams slugged it out -- has been relegated in status with United fifth and Arsenal sixth in the Premier League.
'It is a disappointment for the game. He was terrific for football and terrific for Chelsea,' Ferguson told a news conference.
Chelsea have been within touching distance but a place in Europe's showpiece club final has proved agonisingly elusive since Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the club.
"I feel at home at Chelsea, but unfortunately my game doesn't suit Mourinho," the Ukrainian striker said.
Chelsea won the English Premier League earlier this month with three games to spare. And the players tried to make maximum out of the situation.
Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho said his team's comfortable 2-0 victory over Levski Sofia on Tuesday, felt more like a friendly than a Champions League match.
West Bromwich Albion inflicted further misery on Manchester United, winning 2-1 at Old Trafford on Saturday to condemn the champions to their worst start to a Premier League season and leave them in the bottom half of the table after six games.
United, who had Nemanja Matic sent off for a second bookable offence in injury time, had an early effort from Alexis Sanchez disallowed for offside but soon took command via a scrappy 35th-minute effort from Romelu Lukaku and a superb left-foot volley from Chris Smalling three minutes later.
Jose Mourinho and Rafa Benitez renewed their verbal battle over the penalty that saw Chelsea draw with Liverpool.
Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard and defender Branislav Ivanovic will be out of action until the end of January, the Chelsea website reported on Wednesday.
The only speculation around Old Trafford these days as one of the world's great clubs continue their laborious struggle to rediscover the halcyon days of the Alex Ferguson era seems to be not if, but when this dream alliance will end in divorce.
Images from the League Cup matches played on Tuesday
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said full back Luke Shaw used "his body with my brain" during his side's 1-1 draw with Everton on Tuesday and has urged the England international to develop a better understanding of the game.
Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Oscar has taken to Twitter to deny reports of a training ground row with team mate and Spain international Diego Costa.
He was held late on Tuesday after an animal health official and two police officers went to his central London home to remove his dog.
Chelsea vs Manchester United was reduced to an appendix to the latter's title celebrations.
Chelsea host Premier League champions Manchester United on Wednesday in a dress rehearsal for the FA Cup final.
Jose Mourinho has ratcheted up Chelsea's rivalry with Manchester United by warning that Cristiano Ronaldo would be a liar if he failed to agree with the Blues' coach in a controversy over penalties.
The English champions have agreed to sell defender Asier del Horno to Valencia.\n
Two British newspapers related on Tuesday how Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho once allegedly hid in a laundry basket used for transporting the club's kit to get round a UEFA ban covering a big game.
That's because Chelsea expect to be without Didier Drogba and Salomon Kalou during the African Nations Cup early next year.
It is deja vu for Liverpool as they contemplate a second Champions League semi-final against Chelsea in two years.
Israeli Avram Grant has signed a four-year deal as Chelsea's manager and first team coach.
Chelsea's biggest threat to retain their title may come from disgruntled players in the dressing room rather than the opposition.
