UEFA wrath for Jose

JOSE MOURINHO bore the brunt of UEFA's wrath yesterday and landed a two-match ban for his claims about referee Anders Frisk, but Chelsea have escaped more severe sanctions and are "unlikely" to appeal against their punishment.

Chelsea managed to convince a UEFA disciplinary panel that Mourinho's assistant Steve Clarke and security official Les Miles did not deliberately lie about seeing Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard entering the match official's dressing room at half-time in the Nou Camp last month, but were involved in a misunderstanding.

Mourinho was given the ban, which will affect both legs of Chelsea's Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich, and fined 20,000 Swiss francs (€12,900) - less than a day's pay - for bringing the game into disrepute, understood to be by his remarks about Frisk.