Mourinho's Rants: Newcastle (Carling Cup)

Jose revealed: "I said before the game, and that hasn't changed, if I could choose between a victory here or a victory at Fulham on Saturday, I would choose a victory at Fulham," he said. "But when we go into a game, we go to win, and I think this is a very nice competition.

"I won't play my best team and the most important players in these games. I had to give a rest to Frank Lampard, I did it to John Terry against West Ham, I didn't bring Claude Makelele, Ricardo Carvalho. I have to rotate some players.

"I cannot say that this is the most important competition for us, but at this moment, we're in the quarter-final and if we can beat just two more opponents, we can be in the final, and the final is always a beautiful moment. If we can go there, we'll go there."