JOSE MOURINHO last night claimed he is being victimised by the FA.
The Manchester United boss launched a thinly-veiled dig at Jurgen Klopp and Arsene Wenger’s ‘preferential treatment’.
After his side blew a chance to close on the top four, he fumed: “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.
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“My assistant had a six-match stadium ban and he didn’t touch anyone.”
That was a clear reference to Arsenal manager Wenger avoiding a stadium ban for pushing a fourth official during his side’s 2-1 win over Burnley last month.
Then Mourinho turned his guns on Liverpool coach Klopp, who screamed at the fourth official during Liverpool’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Tuesday.
Mourinho said: “On Tuesday, one fourth official told to a manager, ‘I enjoy very much your passion, so do what you want to do’.
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“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 stopped short of criticising last night’s referee Michael Jones, who waved away several United penalty shouts and should have sent off Hull striker Oumar Niasse.
The visitors frustrated shot-shy United, illustrating just why they are set to pay £100million for Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann in the summer.
Mourinho added: “So to end the story. I just want to say the simple 0-0, great point for them. Congratulations. Bad point for us.”
When asked about the performance of Jones, he said: “I don’t want to speak much of it. Because I pay lots of fines.
“I pay more than others, much more than others. If I speak I am punished. I don’t want to be punished.”
Mourinho also stormed out of a BBC interview after being asked: “What particularly did you feel the referee should have pulled them up on?”
He replied: “Well if you don’t know football, you shouldn’t be with a microphone in your hand,” — before walking off just 88 seconds into the interview.
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