Head coach of Roma Jose Mourinho recalled his dismissal from Tottenham in April 2021.

The most ridiculous thing was that the club, which has an empty trophy room, fired me a few days before the final.

Tottenham haven’t won a match for 50 years. There were two days left before the final and I couldn’t play. This is what smells bad.

I had a plan, sometimes it doesn’t work. But the reality is that every time I went to Wembley with Chelsea I won. I went there three times with Manchester United, I won twice.

So the statistics were good. It was a stadium and an atmosphere in which I knew my way around. When you go to these big games, you have to feel comfortable.

I had the experience to try and help the team, but the final was against Manchester City so I would be an idiot if I said we would have won.

We had beaten them 2-0 in our stadium a few weeks earlier, so it was a good feeling.