Jose Mourinho wants the FA to throw the book at Arsene Wenger after Arsenal boss ref shove
JOSE MOURINHO wants the FA to come down hard on Arsene Wenger for shoving fourth official Anthony Taylor.
Posted Thursday, January 26, 2017 by Dailystar.co.uk
Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger have been involved in touchline spats in the past
Wenger has been charged with verbally abusing and pushing Taylor during Arsenal’s 2-1 home win over Burnley on Sunday.
The Gunners boss has until 6pm today to answer the charge and is facing a potential stadium ban and a heavy fine.
But Starsport understands Manchester United boss Mourinho will be taking a keen interest in the punishment FA bosses hand out to Wenger.
He wants the FA to be consistent, considering what happened to his own assistant Rui Faria when they were at Chelsea.
In 2014 Faria was handed a six-match stadium ban and fined £30,000 for a touchline rant during a Chelsea defeat to Sunderland - even though he didn’t touch a match official.
Asked what punishment Wenger deserves yesterday, Mourinho would only say: “I never pushed the referee - so I don’t have a comparison. So I have no idea.”
Jose Mourinho wants the FA to throw the book at Arsene Wenger
Wenger famously shoved Mourinho in the chest during an infamous touchline bust-up at Stamford Bridge in October 2014, but escaped any FA action.
At the time Wenger said: “It’s not a way to behave on a football field. Did Mourinho provoke me? That is how I felt. I did not enter Chelsea’s technical area.”
While Mourinho said: “If it was me it would have been a stadium ban.”
Mourinho has often claimed that Wenger gets special treatment.
Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho have a frosty relationship
The United boss been in hot water himself with the FA this season after being sent off twice and charged with misconduct.
But Mourinho insists privately that his recent brushes with authority are nowhere near as bad as Wenger’s weekend antics.
Irate Wenger pushed Taylor after being sent-off in stoppage time after Burnley had been awarded a penalty.
He refused to leave the tunnel area before publicly apologising after the game and admitting he should have “shut up and gone home.”
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