Mourinho has a pop at Wenger as Chelsea struggles
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Jose Mourinho accused the referee of being 鈥渨eak and naive鈥 for failing to award Chelsea a penalty in its 0-0 Champions League draw at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.
Mourinho took aim at Slovenian Damir Skomina after he waved play on when Cesc Fabregas was tripped by Serhiy Rybalka in the first half of the Group G stalemate in Kiev.
鈥淭he referee was weak and naive with the penalty,鈥 he told BT Sport. 鈥淚 cannot understand what the official behind the goal does because he doesn鈥檛 make a clear decision too.鈥
The comments appeared to be a barb at Arsene Wenger and the English Football Association after the Arsenal manager used the exact same phrase to describe referee Mike Dean following Chelsea鈥檚 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge in September.
Wenger escaped punishment for that outburst while Mourinho was last week fined 50,000 pounds (US$77,205) and given a one-match suspended stadium ban for saying referees were afraid to give penalties for his team following a defeat by Southampton. Mourinho described the FA fine as a 鈥渄isgrace,鈥 joking that 鈥渁fraid costs 50,000 pounds. Weak and naive, you can do it.鈥
Tuesday鈥檚 draw left everything to play for in the group with Porto leading the way on seven points from three games, two clear of Dynamo and three ahead of Chelsea.
As Mourinho dragged Wenger鈥檚 name into the conversation, the Arsenal manager was over 2,000 kilometers away in London, celebrating his team鈥檚 2-0 win over Bayern Munich. After losing both opening matches for the first time, Arsenal desperately needed a win to keep alive its hopes of reaching the knockout round.
Second-half goals from France striker Olivier Giroud and German playmaker Mesut Ozil ended Bayern鈥檚 run of 12 straight wins. Giroud scored in the 77th minute at the Emirates Stadium, bundling the ball into the net after Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer rushed off his line and failed to claim a free-kick from Santi Cazorla.
The ball appeared to come off Giroud鈥檚 arm last, after first hitting his head as he dived to make contact.
Champion Barcelona remained in control of top spot in Group E as Ivan Rakitic scored both goals in a 2-0 win at BATE Borisov, while Roma came back from a 0-2 deficit in a 4-4 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in a topsy-turvy game. Olympiakos won 1-0 at Dinamo Zagreb.
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