RB Leipzig 3-0 Tottenham: 5 Talking Points | UEFA Champions League 2019-20

#1 Jose Mourinho might not be so special anymore

Mourinho has not won a Champions League knockout tie in his last eight attempts

Jose Mourinho sent printing machines into overdrive when he declared that he was the special one during his first interview as Chelsea manager in 2004 and this was the start of a complex relationship with a media that loved to hate him.

However, his character was fuelled by his many detractors and Mourinho took great joy in letting his work do the talking for him, winning several major trophies in different top leagues of the world.

However, as the saying goes, nothing lasts forever and even the great Mourinho is not immune from the law of diminishing returns and the Portuguese started showing signs of his decline in his second coming to Chelsea with ended with an unceremonious sack.

Another disastrous spell was followed at Manchester United before his rather shocking appointment in Pochettino's stead.

After an initial 'new manager's bounce' that saw Tottenham win four of their first five matches in all competitions, things have regressed in recent weeks and they are currently on a run of six matches without a win in all competitions (the longest of Mourinho's career) that has seen them knocked out of the FA Cup, Champions League and lose touch of the top four in the Premier League.

The two-legged loss against RB Leipzig means that the great Jose Mourinho has not won a Champions League knockout fixture since defeating PSG 2-0 at Stamford Bridge in the quarterfinals of the Champions League in April 2014.

Since then, he has gone eight matches without winning a match in the knockout stage and just for context, the last time Jose Mourinho won a Champions League knockout tie, Sheffield United and Wolves were still League One teams while David Moyes was just some few days away from being sacked as Manchester United manager.

Great managers generally spend about 10-15 years at the top of the food chain before being usurped by younger and suaver tacticians and while Jose Mourinho might not want to admit it, the signs are there that his time at the top might be over.