Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho accuses Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen of play-acting

JOSE MOURINHO last night sparked a fresh storm by accusing Spurs star Jan Vertonghen of conning referee Mike Dean into sending off Fernando Torres.

Jose Mourinho was furious at the red card decision [EPA]

Chelsea boss Mourinho hit out after Torres, who had already been shown a yellow card for catching Vertonghen's face, saw red late in the second half for seemingly elbowing his Spurs rival. Vertonghen fell to the ground holding his head but television replays revealed that Torres had not touched him.


Mourinho said: "I don't think the referee was guilty here - the player (Vertonghen) was. When you see a player holding his face, pretending he has been hurt, the normal thing for the referee is to follow that. It was a bad decision, but the player didn't help the referee.

Three days ago he left the Aston Villa striker naked and it was not a red card.

Jose Mourinho, Chelsea manager

"This player is a special guy. Three days ago he left the Aston Villa striker naked and it was not a red card.

"He should not have played this game. He should have been suspended with a red card. But today he changed the game.

"With 11 men I think we'd have won.

"In the second half there was only one team but then the referee made a very big mistake and it changed the result. "I am not happy."