Manchester United boss José Mourinho was in a fiery mood after the Reds’ goalless draw with Hull City on Wednesday night, claiming that other managers received preferential treatment from managers as well as storming out of a post-match BBC interview.
Mourinho’s ire came after United suffered a ninth Premier League draw against the Tigers as they were unable to break down Marco Silva’s side. Citing Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, the United boss railed against his treatment after being told to sit down by officials during the encounter.
He also cited incidents during his time as Chelsea manager where he perceived himself as getting unfair treatment, including a six-match ban for assistant manager Rui Faria in 2014.
According to The Guardian, he said:
If I speak I am punished. I don’t want to be punished.
You [the media] simply have to just tell the truth and, if you go game after game with Manchester United and you see what happened here with Manchester City, what happened here with Burnley, what happened here with West Ham, what happened at Stoke, what happened almost everywhere, you do your job and you do a public service, I think.
Don’t ask me questions that I cannot answer. You know clearly that I am different. I am different. The rules for me are different. I am different in everything, I watch my team play in a hotel, I was forbidden to go to the stadium, my assistant [Rui Faria] had a six-match stadium ban and he didn’t touch anyone.
Yesterday, one fourth official told to a manager [Klopp]: ‘I enjoy very much your passion, so do what you want to do.’ Today I was told sit down or I have to send you to the stands, so everything is different for me, so don’t ask me questions that put me in a difficult situation, so to end the story.
Mourinho walked away from the BBC interview when the reporter attempted to ask what exactly had upset him about referee Mike Jones’ officiating, simply saying:
If you don’t know football, you shouldn’t be with a microphone in your hand.
