Angry Mourinho Alleges Conspiracy Against Him as United Were Dealt a Huge Blow After 0-0 Draw

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has urged reporters to 'tell the truth' about how the rules for him is different regarding how he was treated by match officials.

Jose Mourinho shows his frustration on Wednesday night (Photo: rex)

 

A furious Jose Mourinho claimed there was one rule for him and another for rival managers such as Arsene Wenger and Jurgen Klopp on Wednesday night moments after the Manchester United manager stormed out of a television interview, The Guardian UK reports.

 

He told a BBC reporter “if you don’t know football, you shouldn’t be with a microphone in your hand” as the Portuguese struggled to conceal his anger at referee Mike Jones after United’s goalless draw at home to Hull City dealt a severe blow to their top four hopes.

 

Mourinho claimed he could not convey his feelings about Jones because “the rules for me are different” and questioned how Wenger and Klopp could get away lightly with behaviour he believes he would be severely punished for. 

 

Wenger received a four-match touchline ban for shoving fourth official Anthony Taylor in Arsenal’s game at home to Burnley last month and at Anfield on Tuesday evening, Klopp claimed Neil Swarbrick told him “I like your passion” after the Liverpool manager harangued the fourth official during the game.

 

“Don’t ask me questions that I cannot answer,” Mourinho said. “You know clearly that I am different. I am different. The rules for me are different. I am different in everything.

“I watch my team play in a hotel, I was forbidden to go to the stadium, my assistant had a six-match stadium ban and he didn’t touch anyone.

“Yesterday one fourth official told a manager: “I enjoy very much your passion”’. So do what you want to do. Today I was told, ‘Sit down or I have to send you to the stands’ so everything is different for me. So don’t ask me questions that put me in a difficult situation.”

Mourinho, who has been sent to the stands twice this season, was given a one-match stadium ban in 2015 while Chelsea manager for verbally abusing referee Jon Moss during a game against West Ham United. Mourinho’s assistant, Rui Faria, was also given a six-match stadium ban for abusive language towards officials during Chelsea’s 2-1 defeat against Sunderland in April 2014.

 

Mourinho claimed decisions are frequently going against United this season and appeared aggrieved at Jones’s failure to clamp down on Hull’s perceived time-wasting as well as the referee’s failure to send off Oumar Niasse, who had already been booked for a foul on Marcos Rojo, for poor challenges on Michael Carrick and Daley Blind, and the denial of a dubious penalty claim for Zlatan Ibrahimovic.