JOSE MOURINHO’S frown eased imperceptibly, and his face lightened, as he contemplated the question. 

The wrinkles on his tanned skin became less taut, and his brown eyes glinted in the glare of the TV cameras.

You knew he was teeing up another line, to add to his litany of box office quotes. But you were helplessly drawn into the theatre, his theatre, in what was his post-match press conference.