Jose Mourinho was shown a red card after he reacted furiously when a penalty appeal for Fenerbahce was waved away by the referee in their clash with Manchester United
Fenerbahce boss Jose Mourinho was sent off as his side clashed with Manchester United in the Europa League.
Mourinho was left furious after referee Clement Turpin waved away Fenerbahce’s appeals for a penalty when former Blackpool and QPR star Bright Osayi-Samuel went down in the box after a challenge from Manuel Ugarte.
The Portuguese tactician vociferously argued his case to fourth official Jeremy Stinat, who was not happy with Mourinho’s actions. And Turpin came over to defuse the situation by showing Mourinho a red card for foul and abusive language, forcing him to watch the rest of the game from the stands.
The tie was finely poised at 1-1 when the incident occurred, with United taking an early lead after Christian Eriksen finished off a well worked move. However, Fenerbahce equalised in the second-half through Youssef En-Nesyri, who powered a header past Andre Onana.
And Mourinho, who won the Europa League and the League Cup during his two-and-a-half years in charge of United, warned his former club ahead of the game that Fenerbahce would prove a stiff test.
“I think there is no connection with the past,” he said. “When I have played Manchester United I played with big teams. Porto a few months later became European Champions, Real Madrid was Real Madrid, Chelsea was Chelsea.
“We are going to try, and we can do it, but there is a gap. Our work is to try to close that gap and to go for it, and we are going for it. Of course, tomorrow I want to win, that is the basic of football, but I wish [United] the best.
“They have a better team than the results are showing. They will succeed sooner or later, hopefully. Today they are my opponents for one match, and of course tomorrow the feelings during the 90 minutes there are no feelings.
“If they come thinking it is going to be easy, I think is the wrong approach. Unfortunately for us, I don’t think that will be the approach. They know it will be difficult for them, they will come with maximum strength, I don’t think they are going to make rotations. That is what I would do.”
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