Mourinho Curious about Results of Referees’ Chief’s Apology to West Bromwich Albion Over Penalty Decision
Chelsea coach, José Mourinho has said he wants to know the full impact of the referees’ chief Mike Riley apologising to West Bromwich Albion – and “publicly exposing” 
Andre Marriner – following the controversial award of a penalty in the last round of Premier League fixtures.
West Brom looked set for a famous victory at Stamford Bridge earlier this month before Marriner awarded a penalty deep into stoppage time when Ramires went down after colliding with Steven Reid. Eden Hazard converted the penalty, which made West Brom manager, Steve Clarke furious and Riley has now issued an apology.
“I’m very curious to know the consequences of it,” said Mourinho, speaking before Saturday’s match at West Ham. “At least now the referees know, they know one thing. If in a controversial – I’m not saying a mistake – decision that hypothetically – and, I repeat, hypothetically – favours Chelsea, they know they are going to be publicly exposed by their boss. That they know.
“They can make, hypothetically, mistakes, favouring other teams, nothing happens. If hypothetically – and, I repeat, hypothetically – they make a mistake, they are publicly exposed by their own boss.
“I’m very curious to know if it was just an isolated phone call. I’m curious to know if people see that as a normal situation. I’m interested to know if this is the start, that from now on it’s going to be the same for everybody.”
The Chelsea manager says he is eager to know if Hull, Norwich, Swansea and Aston Villa received phone calls for perceived mistakes made by officials against them.
“I’m curious to know if Steve Bruce got a phone call,” Mourinho said. “I’m interested to know if Chris Hughton got a phone call. I’m interested to know if [Michael] Laudrup got a phone call.
“Nobody called me to apologise about the fact that it was not a free-kick against West Bromwich in their second goal. Nobody apologised to me for the penalty against Everton, which would have been 1-1 for us. I don’t know if Paul Lambert got a phone call. I don’t know.”
Asked whether he had ever received a phone call from an official during his career, Mourinho said: “If they do that, during my career, my telephone would be very, very busy.”
Mourinho would however, not comment when questioned over the West Brom defender Jonas Olsson’s claims he was called a “Mickey Mouse player” by the Chelsea manager.
“Giant players, giant coaches and giant clubs, they don’t speak about what happens in the tunnel,” Mourinho said. “The game is a game, the game finished, in the tunnel sometimes a couple of things happen, a couple of words, not aggressions, nothing. But giant clubs, giant players and giant managers, they close their mouths. And the next day is another day.”
