Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho slams referees again after Eden Hazard penalty is denied

Jose Mourinho launched another attack on referees on Thursday night after Chelsea were beaten 5-3 at White Hart Lane.

The Chelsea manager, who claimed Anthony Taylor should be ‘ashamed’ after failing to awarded a penalty in the 1-1 draw at Southampton, told Phil Dowd he was ‘too slow’.

Chelsea’s poor Christmas run means they are now level on points with defending champions Manchester City after they beat Sunderland 3-2.

 

This incredible defeat is only the second time in Mourinho’s history as top class manager that one of his teams has conceded five times in a game.

Mourinho’s side took the lead at Tottenham through Diego Costa and the Chelsea chief claims his side should have been given a penalty when Jan Vertonghen appeared to handle.

He said: ‘I can go in another direction and say what we all know, which is, with the result 1-0, one clear action could make it 2-0. 

‘Normally, at 2-0, the result would be completely different and the history of the game would be different.

‘You are talking about handball. Why do you want me to speak? You all know.

‘I don't think we need clarification when there are no doubts. When you have doubts, when the situation is not clear, I think the discussion comes good. 

‘Everyone can have a different opinion. The same way against Southampton there was no discussion, today there was no discussion too.

‘We are speaking about two matches, six points, we had one out of six when two crucial decisions would give us six points.

‘What matters are the points. The decisions, the normal tendency is for people to forget the decisions.’

Mourinho also hinted that Eden Hazard, who scored in the draw at Southampton and was excellent again here, is being driven out of English football because of persistent fouling.

He added: ‘People in love with football in this country, people must be in love with Eden Hazard. 

‘The way match to match he's being punished by opponents and not protected by referees, maybe one day we won't have Eden Hazard.

‘It's one, two, three, four, five or 10 aggressive fouls against him. They kick and kick and kick, and the kid resists.

‘He's a very honest guy in the way he plays, but that's another problem.’

Chelsea’s bench demanded a red card when they mistakenly believed Federico Fazio had taken out the Chelsea forward when he was in on goal. 

Mourinho added: ‘Hazard, honest as always, tells me in his opinion that it was not a foul or a red card. So that is good, in spite of the fact Mr Dowd was too slow to follow that ball.

‘He was 40 yards away, but made the right decision. It was the decision when he was 10m away (the penalty) he couldn't make.’

Incredibly Mourinho missed Gary Cahill twice kicking man of the match Harry Kane during an ugly incident in front of both technical areas.

Instead the Chelsea manager snapped: ‘I didn't see that. But it was like the back - not like Sterling in the face?’.