Chelsea boss Mourinho fined £10,000

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Jose Mourinho has been fined £10,000 for comments he made following Chelsea’s defeat at home to Sunderland.

The Blues boss ‘congratulated’ referee Mike Dean after the match, refusing to answer questions from the media, instead making a statement.

He described Dean’s performance as “unbelievable” and “fantastic”, before moving on to referees’ chief Mike Riley, saying “what they are doing during the whole season is fantastic, especially in the last couple of months, especially in matches involving the teams that were in the title race, it’s absolutely fantastic”.

The Football Association concluded that those comments brought the game into disrepute and the Portuguese was found guilty of a charge of improper conduct.

Mourinho’s assistant Rui Faria was recently given a six-game stadium ban for attempting to confront Dean in the final minutes of the game, which Chelsea lost 2-1.

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