Mourinho handed stadium ban by FA

The Chelsea boss admitted to a breach of FA rules following his comments in the wake of the 3-1 defeat to Southampton, and has been given a suspended one-match punishment

Jose Mourinho has been handed a suspended one-match stadium ban, and a £50,000 fine, for comments made after Chelsea's defeat to Southampton, in which he criticised the officials for not awarding his side a penalty.

Mourinho claimed that referees were "afraid to give decisions to Chelsea" after seeing his side beaten 3-1, and effectively dared the Football Association to issue him with a punishment.

He said: "The result 1-1 is a huge penalty and once more we don't get and a penalty is a crucial moment in the game with the result at 1-1, and I repeat that if FA wants to punish me they can punish me, they don't punish other managers but they punish me, it's not a problem for me."

read more