Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has told Liverpool to forget about a guard of honour.

Brendan Rodgers has already confirmed that Liverpool players would observe tradition and applaud the Chelsea players on to the pitch at Stamford Bridge if Chelsea are champions.

"I don't like it," said Mourinho. "I think in Spain they did it for us at Real Madrid. If it's tradition, that's no problem for me. You can show respect for the winner in many different ways.

"If some of them don't want to be there and they are there just because somebody tells them to be there, maybe it's a bit artificial."