"He Tried To Pressurize The Ref" - Mourinho Cools Touchline Row With Arsene Wenger

Jose Mourinho played down his touchline bust-up with Arsene Wenger during Chelsea's 2-0 win over Arsenal at Stamford Bridge. The two managerial foes clashed in the first half after Wenger reacted angrily to Gary Cahill's dangerous tackle on Alexis Sanchez with the Frenchman shoving Mourinho in the chest. Mourinho claims there was nothing major in the clash insisting he had no problems with Wenger pushing him. Asked about the Wenger incident, Mourinho told Sky Sports:
"For me, it is over. But the technical area is very clear - I have mine, he has his and he cannot come to mine, especially to put pressure on the referee to give a red card to my player. "So I just told him 'leave my technical area and don't come back please'."

Then asked if it was a big deal that Wenger had put his hands on him, Mourinho said: "No, it is no problem."
Wenger insisted he had "nothing to regret", adding: “I wanted to go from A to B and somebody stopped me in between. "The B was to see how badly Sanchez was injured."

Mourinho did feel Arsenal could have finished the game with eight men suggesting Laurent Koscielny, Calum Chambers and Danny Welbeck were all fortunate to escape red cards from referee Martin Atkinson.
"Arsenal could have finished with eight men, because it is a red card for Koscielny, it is a double yellow card for Chambers in the first half, and clear was a red card for Welbeck. "But I accept that the Welbeck red card was not given - the game was over and Welbeck is a good kid and is not aggressive. It was just maybe a reaction, some frustration. "So I have no complaint really but my boys are doing fantastic we beat a good Arsenal."

Credit: Sky Sports UK