article_snippet: — whether it is the Barclays Premier League, the Champions League or a charity match.
article_snippet: I must stress that it was all good-natured, but on Wednesday night against Paris Saint-Germain, the actions of a Jose Mourinho team were significantly darker.
article_snippet: teams take winning to a level that other teams and managers do not.
article_snippet: Deep down, I think everyone in football cares how everyone in football are perceived.
article_snippet: During my career, I won 10 major honours but none of the Liverpool teams I played for is particularly remembered for being a top side.
article_snippet: If I’m honest, it annoys me, especially when I hear stories even now of how great Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle team of 1995-96 were or how thrilling the Leeds team were that reached the Champions League semi-final in 2000.
article_snippet: Yes, they both played fast, exciting football but what did they win?
article_snippet: You want to be successful and have a reputation that spans a lifetime, like the Real Madrid team of the 1950s that Alfredo di Stefano and Ferenc Puskas inspired to five consecutive European Cups or the Ajax team of Rinus Michels and Johan Cruyff from the 1970s.
article_snippet: Johan Cruyff once said, ‘how you play is more important than what you win’ and to some extent, Johan Cruyff is right.
article_snippet: like those men compatriots in 1970 — or just the knowledge that everyone loved the football everyone played?
article_snippet: When a team wins silverware with imagination and fantasy, it almost seems more special.
article_snippet: The behaviour of the teams, of course, doesn’t help either.
article_snippet: the Blues boss point was all that mattered was
article_snippet: I loved winning, there was nothing better that you could experience in football.
article_snippet: the football was good, the energy was high and there was an intensity in everything their did.
highlights_snippet: Winning is Chelsea - whether it is the Barclays Premier League, the Champions League or a charity match .
  