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Mourinho has refused to apologise for offering a handshake to Paul Lambert
and Roy Keane in the closing stages of Chelsea's 3-0 win over Aston Villa
last month.
Villa boss Lambert and assistant Keane declined the Blues manager's offer of
a handshake at Stamford Bridge, with Keane labelling Mourinho's behaviour
"disgraceful", saying: "The game is still going on. You wouldn't do that on
a Sunday morning, you would get knocked out."
Lambert agreed when asked this week if he felt Mourinho was "disrespectful"
by not waiting until the end of the match for the handshake.
But speaking ahead of Chelsea's Saturday match at Crystal Palace, Mourinho
was sarcastic in his response, saying: "First of all, I want to say that I
appreciate the comments.
"I think they are both two great examples of polite and very well educated
people and because I am a humble guy who tries to learn every day and with
every experience, I appreciate the comments."
Asked if he would do it again, Mourinho responded "yes", before replying
"no" when asked if he could understand why someone would be upset by his
actions.
He refused to comment when asked to respond over suggestions the action was
arrogant.
Mourinho also refused to go over old ground following Arsene Wenger's
apology for the Arsenal manager's push on the Portuguese during Chelsea's
2-0 defeat of Arsenal on October 5.
"I have no reaction," Mourinho added.
"You had my reaction after the match, where I told you nothing happened, and
you still had the reaction from the FA (Football Association), disciplinary
committees, all of them, that that nothing happened."
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