Jose Mourinho recreated Champions League touchline sprint but it was "not to celebrate"

It has been exactly eight years since Chelsea's Demba Ba sent Jose Mourinho sprinting down a Champions League touchline - just as he did at Old Trafford in 2004 when he masterminded Porto's stunning victory over Manchester United.

The Senegalese striker slid in and scooped an 88th-minute winner over the top of Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu to send Chelsea through to the Champions League semi-final. Ba’s dramatic intervention completed a stunning comeback at Stamford Bridge, which saw the Blues overturn a 3-1 defeat to progress via away goals over the French giants.

It triggered one of the most incredible atmospheres the west London club has witnessed, with pandemonium in the stands. And one of the most memorable moments of that electric few minutes was the sight of a tracksuit-laden Mourinho sprinting down the touchline towards his players – but not in celebration, as the ‘Special One’ claimed.

"Not to celebrate,” Mourinho abruptly said after the game. "To tell Fernando Torres and Demba [Ba] the changes we had to do, because there was still three minutes plus added time and with that amount of time left, playing like we were playing, it was too risky. I wanted to use my two freshest players for a different job in the last period."

The game started dreadfully for the Blues, as their talisman and most potent goal threat Eden Hazard limped off in the early stages of the first half. However, his replacement Andre Schurrle ensured the Belgian was not missed, halving the deficit with an instinctive first-time finish inside the penalty area.

The German went on to rattle the woodwork in the second half as the Blues continued to push for a winner against Laurent Blanc’s side. But with PSG compacting their