Chelsea defiant on Rijkaard claims

JOSE MOURINHO insisted managers should be barred from speaking to referees in private as Chelsea stuck to their guns over their complaints at Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard.

Chelsea claim to have evidence Rijkaard was seen leaving the room of referee Anders Frisk at half-time during Wednesday night's Champions League tie.

UEFA have already made it clear that their observers witnessed nothing untoward, with Rijkaard also having professed his innocence.