Mourinho slams 'campaign' to deny Chelsea penalties

29.05.2020 02:50

Jose Mourinho launched a furious attack on referee Anthony Taylor and claimed there is a campaign to brand his Chelsea team ‘cheats’ after their 1-1 draw at Southampton.

The Chelsea boss told Taylor he should be ‘ashamed’ of his performance after he failed to award Cesc Fabregas a penalty when he appeared to be fouled by Saints left-back Matt Targett.

Mourinho said: ‘The reality is that there are penalties and there are penalties - this was one was big, like Big Ben.

‘Referees are not here to guess, they are there to see. He assumed dishonest with Cesc and he is wrong.

‘Match after match coaches are saying Chelsea players are diving. out of nothing Sam Allardyce starts talking about my players.

‘I will go to the referee, wish him a good year and tell him he will be ashamed. There is a campaign against Chelsea.

‘In other countries where I worked before, tomorrow in the sports papers it would be front-page scandal because it is a scandal.

‘In this country - and I am happy with that, more than happy with that - we will just say that it was a big mistake with a big influence in the result.

‘I am happy that it is this way, with respect for the referee. He made a big mistake like I make, like the players make sometimes.’

Mourinho also made the valid point that there should be a device for referees to rescind yellow cards if they later accept they made a mistake. Fabregas was cautioned for simulation.

The Chelsea manager added: ‘The double punishment is something unbelievable. Anthony could go to a screen, sees a mistake and cleans the yellow card. It should be a simple process.’

Mourinho claims opposing managers are deliberately attempting to sabotage his team’s title ambitions by repeatedly accusing Chelsea of being divers.

Diego Costa, Cary Cahill, Branislav Ivanovic, Willian and now Fabregas have all been accused of diving this season.

Mourinho added: ‘They are not incidents, they are not incidents - that’s a campaign, that's a campaign. That's a clear campaign.

(dailymail.co.uk)

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