Mourinho lambasts ref chief’s apology
Print Edition
Jose Mourinho has criticized the decision of referees’ chief Mike Riley to apologize to Steve Clarke for the decision that denied West Bromwich Albion victory at Stamford Bridge.
West Brom manager Clarke and his players were left incensed when referee Andre Marriner awarded an added-time penalty for Mourinho’s Chelsea side when the Blues were trailing 1-2 in their recent English Premier League clash.
Controversy surrounded the decision with Chelsea midfielder Ramires accused of going to ground under an innocuous challenge from West Brom’s Steven Reid although Mourinho maintains Marriner got it right.
Clarke confirmed this week he had received a call from Riley to apologize for the decision, prompting Mourinho to question whether the head of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited had now set a precedent.
“I’m very curious to know if it was just an isolated phone call,” Chelsea manager Mourinho said yesterday.
“I’m curious to know if people see that as a normal situation.
“I’m interested to know if that was the start and, from now on, it’ll be the same for everybody. I’m very curious to know, and to know the consequences of it.”
The Portuguese added: “At least the referees now know one thing: if in a controversial decision — I’m not saying a mistake — that hypothetically favors Chelsea, they know they will be publicly exposed by their boss.
“They can make hypothetical mistakes favoring other teams and nothing happens. If, hypothetically, they make a mistake they are publicly exposed by their own boss.”
And referring to other managers who have been on the receiving end of debatable decisions this season, he added: “I’m curious to know if Steve Bruce (Sunderland) got a phone call. I’m interested to know if Chris Hughton (Norwich) got a phone call. I’m interested to know if (Swansea’s Michael) Laudrup got a phone call.
“Nobody called me to apologize about the fact that it was not a free-kick against West Brom ahead of their second goal, or the penalty at Everton that would have been 1-1 for us. I don’t know if (Aston Villa manager) Paul Lambert got a phone call. I don’t know.”
Mourinho also condemned comments from West Brom center-back Jonas Olsson, who claimed the manager called him a “Mickey Mouse player” in the tunnel after the game.
“I think giant players, giant coaches and giant clubs don’t speak about what happens in the tunnel.”
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
