The Italian giants travelled to London with a slender 2-1 lead and Mourinho ditched his normally defensivetactics with an attacking formation that reaped dividends.
Bolton suffered a setback when striker Johan Elmander had to hobble off injured but a sign of their tactics came as defensive midfielder Gavin McCann was brought on in place of the Swede.
To a considerable degree, that is the case, but much of this is relative to defensive technologies rather than new offensive tactics and capabilities that can serve to better accomplish missions and shorten conflicts.
And by the eighth round the 32-year-old Pacquiao had forced Mosley into a full defensive mode, the American's tactics prompting boos from sections of the 16, 000 crowd at the MGM Grand Hotel.