Jose Mourinho went after Anthony Taylor as he hurled explicits verbals his way having been left angered by his performance in the Europa League final, which Roma lost
Jose Mourinho appears to have told Anthony Taylor he was a “f***ing disgrace” after the Europa League final.
The Special One saw his Roma side lose on penalties as they were undone by Sevilla in Budapest. Premier League official Taylor took charge of the contest, which saw both Mourinho and the Spanish side attempting to maintain 100% records in European finals.
Taylor’s performance greatly angered Mourinho, who took aim at him after the contest with a video going viral of Mourinho in the underground car park. The former Chelsea boss reportedly walks over to Taylor, who is not in shot, and laments him in an explicit rant.
Mourinho began hammering him in English, before switching between other languages to make his feelings known. Taylor’s most controversial decision was to demand a retake in the penalty shootout, which allowed Sevilla’s Gonzalo Montiel to dispatch the winning penalty.
The Argentine had missed his original attempt but Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio had been judged to have come off his line. Roma had missed two of their three penalties and Montiel’s effort ensured a dominant shootout victory as the Spaniards won 4-1.
Mourinho was also adamant that Erik Lamela, who scored his penalty, should’ve been sent-off before the shootout as he accused Taylor of appearing to be Spanish, such was his decision making.
He told Sky Sport Italia : “What I said is we either leave here with the Cup or we leave dead. Well, we’re dead. We’re dead tired physically, dead tired mentally, dead because we think it is an unjust defeat with lots of incidents that are debatable.
