Mourinho fined £50,000, handed suspended stadium ban

Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho, has been handed a one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000, over his comments following a 3-1 defeat to Southampton.

Mourinho criticized the match officials and claimed they were afraid to award his team a penalty.

He said after the game at Stamford Bridge: “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.”

The FA has warned Mourinho that the suspension will be invoked if he is punished for a similar breach again.

A statement from the FA read: “Jose Mourinho has been given a suspended one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000 after he admitted a breach of FA Rules in relation to post-match media comments.

“The Chelsea manager was charged for misconduct following the game against Southampton on Saturday 3 October 2015.

“It was alleged his remarks constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a match official or match officials and/or brought the game into disrepute.

“Mr Mourinho’s suspended stadium ban will be immediately invoked should he be found by an Independent Regulatory Commission to have committed a further breach of FA Rule E3 for any comment or statement to or through the media before13 October 2016.”

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