Mourinho Criticizes FA For Not Banning Yaya Toure

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, has slammed the Football Association, for not banning Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure and has predicted that there will now be more off-the-ball incidents in the league.

Toure appeared to kick out at Norwich striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel, during their goalless draw at Carrow Road on Staurday – an incident which referee Jon Moss missed.

However, three former elite referees, who make up the FA’s new video panel, cleared the Ivorian of all wrongdoing.

Asked how he would feel if Toure escaped, Mourinho said: “I don’t understand why you say ‘if’?

“If he’s not suspended, the message is clear: the players can do what they want if the referee doesn’t see. The message is normally that, if the FA defends football, he’d have to be suspended.

“Of course, I would be disappointed if he is not punished. If he is not, it has to be the same for everyone: if the referee doesn’t see, a player can do whatever he wants.

“It doesn’t matter about cameras or others seeing, I can do whatever I want. If they make the rule that action can be taken if a referee has missed something, they have to apply that rule.”

The verdict ensures that Toure will be free to face Chelsea in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday.

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