Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been charged by the Football
Association for criticising officials after December's 1-1 draw at
Southampton.
Mourinho was upset at referee Anthony Taylor for not awarding a
penalty with midfielder Cesc Fabregas instead booked for diving after
going down in the area under Matt Targett's challenge.
After the
match at St Mary's on December 28, Mourinho said: "There is a campaign
against Chelsea. I don't know why there is this campaign and I do not
care."
"Everybody knows it was a penalty. The referee made a mistake, people
make mistakes and he made a big mistake. He is a good referee and a
good guy, he is young, he has years and years of football ahead of him
but it is a big mistake."
An FA statement released on Thursday
evening read: "It is alleged his remarks constitute improper conduct in
that they allege and/or imply bias on the part of a referee or referees
and/or bring the game into disrepute."
The Portuguese boss has until 6pm on January 13 to respond to the charge.
The
FA also revealed Mourinho had been issued with a formal warning for
pre-match comments on December 19 ahead of Chelsea’s game against Stoke.
Its
statement added: "Having sought his observations on this matter,
decided not to bring a disciplinary charge and instead issued him with a
formal warning."
"The FA prohibit participants from making any
pre-match media comments including comments of a positive nature
concerning the appointed match officials for a particular fixture.
Whether the official is identifiable by name or by implication, these
are deemed to amount to improper conduct in breach of FA Rule E3."
Before facing Mark Hughes' Stoke, Mourinho said he hoped referee Neil Swarbrick "does his job".
He
added: "I like these matches. It's no problem with a good referee that
can understand what is aggressivity or when aggressivity finishes and
when the rules of the game start.
"I know it is difficult for
every team to play this kind of match but again I'm not worried. The
referee is there exactly to judge what is aggressivity. And aggressivity
I always welcome, it makes the game much more beautiful and difficult."
Culled from ...SkySports
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