Mourinho’s special antics ensure more madness in Madrid

We won’t make a drama out of a crisis, Commercial Union used to promise customers back in the days before it evolved into Aviva.

Whatever else Jose Mourinho chooses to do with his life, somehow you sense that selling insurance will not be part of it. Especially after the extraordinary dramatics of Sunday’s match against Real Sociedad, when what should have been a routine win turned into a 4-3 cliffhanger.

Real Madrid this season have first stumbled then lurched from one crisis to another, mostly self-inflicted.