Chelsea
boss Jose Mourinho says it would be a "disaster" to punish divers
retrospectively.
Diego Costa and Willian both received yellow cards for dives against Hull at
Stamford Bridge last week, when City boss Steve Bruce claimed Gary Cahill
went down "like something out of Swan Lake" in the area.
Those incidents have added to the calls for an independent panel to review
and punish players who dive, with former referee Mark Halsey suggesting it
is the "only one real solution".
But Mourinho said. "The independent panels don't do their job well in any
case.
"When you go to an independent panel to analyse and suspend players by video
evidence, it is a disaster. It is a disaster.
"I remember last season, and I don't want to say the names of clubs or
players, you had players and clubs punished by panels and you had clubs and
players protected by panels.
"I saw somebody kick a player on the floor, hit him in the back - no
suspension. I saw others with minor things being suspended.
"Players are punished for silly comments on Facebook, Instagram and this
kind of thing, and players are not punished for other things.
"You speak one week about one dive that, for me, was not even a dive - you
don't speak about Filipe Luis who could be in this moment in the hospital
having big surgery on his knee or in his leg.
"Independent panels are the same ones that last season analysed my situation
against Aston Villa and I was punished and suspended because I tried to
help, so for me panels only favour the ones who always have the favours."
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