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Inter forward Samuel Eto'o was desperate to be a part of the last-16 second-leg tie at Stamford Bridge.

Mourinho was equally keen on Eto'o's involvement - he'd been a key lieutenant in their run to the knockout stages having signed from Barcelona the summer before.

"Samuel won us that quarter-final against Chelsea. He scored the winning goal at Stamford Bridge. He played a fantastic match," says Mourinho of a performance from Eto'o that saw him score the only goal and send the Italian side through to the quarter-finals of a tournament they would go on to win.

But, as the Portuguese manager happily explains, and Eto'o embodied, Mourinho, circa 2010, was in his perfect phase of extracting the best from his players.

It's a bullish approach that feels a little outdated in the current climate of player power - but, as Eto'o and Mourinho explain, it worked perfectly back then.