Glen Johnson: 'I lost respect for Jose Mourinho at Chelsea'

Liverpool's Glen Johnson has revealed that he lost respect for Jose Mourinho during his time at Chelsea and believes that Brendan Rodgers is a better manager.

The England defender claims that Mourinho broke promises to him at Stamford Bridge before selling him to Portsmouth in August 2007.

"It was difficult for me under Jose at Chelsea because there was a moment when he said I deserved to play on merit," Johnson told the Daily Mail. "He said if I played well in the next game I would play the week after. I got man of the match so he couldn't drop me.

"Then in the next game he said the same thing and I got man of the match again. Then we had another game and after that Barcelona. I remember speaking to my agent and saying, 'He won't play me in this game because if I play well then he has to play me against Barcelona' and I knew that wasn't going to happen. He didn't play me in that game and from that moment I just lost it and thought, 'Well, how am I meant to respect you now?' It's just finished.

"Brendan wouldn't do that. He's shown that if you're good enough, you're old enough and you'll play in the big games if you deserve to. So in terms of man-management, Brendan is definitely better."

Johnson spent four years at Stamford Bridge after leaving West Ham United in 2003.