Chelsea’s late leveller against Manchester United sparks touchline chaos around Mourinho

As the game entered stoppage time, everything had seemed so orderly. José Mourinho had kept to his word not to over-celebrate if his team were winning and, in fairness, Chelsea fans had shown no appetite to hound him in the way that had happened on his previous visits back to his old club. But then, in the sixth minute of added time, the moment when everything had changed, when Mourinho lost the plot and a confrontation in the tunnel that made it shake because of the number of people who were involved.Mourinho was clearly provoked by the fist-pumping manner in which Marco Ianni, from Chelsea’s coaching staff, celebrated Ross Barkley’s late equaliser directly in front of him and, until the stewards intervened, the Manchester United manager looked like he would happily throttle his antagonist. The Football Association is likely to want an explanation and, in the circumstances, it was almost a surprise Mourinho calmed down quickly enough to shake Maurizio Sarri’s hand at the final whistle shortly afterwards. Continue reading…
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