Jose
Mourinho has been fined £25,000 for comments he made following Chelsea's
game at Southampton in December.
Blues manager Mourinho had suggested there was a 'campaign to influence
referees' decisions against his side' after Cesc Fabregas was denied a
penalty in the Premier League match which finished 1-1 at St Mary's.
Mourinho had denied the charge.
An FA statement read: "Following an Independent Regulatory Commission
hearing, Jose Mourinho has been fined £25,000 after he was found to have
breached FA Rules in relation to media comments.
"The Chelsea manager denied that comments he made after the game against
Southampton constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied
bias on the part of a referee or referees, and/or brought the game into
disrepute.
"The Independent Regulatory Commission found the comments were a breach of
FA Rule E3 in that they were improper and brought the game into disrepute.
"The Commission did not, however, find that the comments implied bias on the
part of a referee or referees. Mr Mourinho, who had requested a non-personal
hearing, was also warned as to his future conduct."
Mourinho attended a personal hearing after being charged following the
comments, which came after Fabregas was booked for a dive at St Mary's.
It followed incidents of diving in previous matches involving Diego Costa,
Willian, Branislav Ivanovic and Gary Cahill.
The Portuguese manager said afterwards: "That's a campaign, that's a clear
campaign.People, pundits, commentators, coaches from other teams - they
react with Chelsea in a way they don't react to other teams.
"They put lots of pressure on the referee and the referee makes a mistake
like this. We lose two points, Fabregas earns a yellow card.
"In other countries where I worked before, tomorrow in the sports papers it
would be a front-page scandal because it is a scandal.
"I think it is a scandal because it is not a small penalty - it is a penalty
like Big Ben.
"In this country - and I am happy with that, more than happy with that - we
will just say that it was a big mistake with a big influence in the result.
"I am happy that it is this way, with respect for the referee. He made a big
mistake like I make, like the players make sometimes."
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