Jose Mourinho was fined and assistant slapped with huge stadium ban after iconic sarcastic rant at Chelsea

JOSE MOURINHO constantly made headlines during his time in the Premier League.

The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss was no stranger to controversy in the top flight.

But one of the now-Roma gaffer’s most famous incidents occurred this time nine years ago.

Mourinho was given a huge fine and saw assistant Rui Faria slapped with a stadium ban.

That’s after going on a massive rant following Chelsea’s shock home defeat to Sunderland in 2014.

The Blues had gone a record 77 games unbeaten at Stamford Bridge under Mourinho.

And a routine task was predicted when they welcomed relegation-fighting Sunderland to London in a Premier League clash.

Indeed, things started well for Chelsea as Samuel Eto’o fired them ahead after just 12 minutes.

But Sunderland levelled through Conor Wickham six minutes later before Chelsea had a goal ruled out for a foul in the build-up.

The Blues felt they were denied two stonewall penalties by Mike Dean before the half-time whistle blew.

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And they struggled to find a way past Black Cats goalie Vito Mannone before Cesar Azpilicueta gave away a penalty eight minutes from time.

Ex-Chelsea youngster Fabio Borini fired home the spotkick to seal a famous win for Sunderland.

And Mourinho’s No2 Faria was sent to the stands as he tried to confront match official Dean.

The Portuguese coach was eventually handed a six-match ban for his antics.

But Mourinho didn’t escape either, receiving a hefty £10,000 fine for his now-iconic post-match interview.

The Special One said: “I only have four things to say. Congratulations to my players because they gave what they have and what they don’t have. Congratulations to Sunderland because they won.

I want to congratulate again, but this time it’s Mike Dean. His performance was unbelievable

Jose Mourinho

“Congratulations to Mike Dean because he made a fantastic performance. And congratulations to Mike Riley because what they did during the season was fantastic for the way the championship is going.

“So congratulations to all of them and I have nothing more to say. I’m sorry. It doesn’t matter, how why or which was they won, but they won the three points so congratulations to them.

“I want to congratulate again, but this time it’s Mike Dean. His performance was unbelievable.

“When referees have an unbelievable performance, it is fair also that as managers we give them this, so fantastic performance.

“He came with one objective, to make a fantastic performance and he did that. Congratulations to Mike Riley.

“What they have done all season is fantastic, especially in the last couple of months, especially with the teams involved in the title race.”

The result had major repercussions, with Chelsea eventually finishing third after seeing their title push fall away late on.

Sunderland also managed to beat the drop that season.

But the FA were left far from impressed with Mourinho’s behaviour, and even released a statement condemning his language.

It read: “While the commission did not find that Mourinho’s post-match comments called into question the integrity of the referee appointed to the above fixture and/or the integrity of Mike Riley, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, they did find that the comments brought the game into disrepute and the charge for improper conduct was found proven.”

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk