Jose Mourinho: Ashley Barnes tackle ’criminal’

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has branded Ashley Barnes’ tackle on Nemanja Matic "criminal" in a lengthy attack on refereeing standards and media coverage on yesterday’s Goals On Sunday on Sky Sports.

He was forthcoming with the tv network he had strongly criticised for their coverage of Diego Costa’s stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can last month, when replays of the incident carried the strapline ‘Costa’s crimes’.

“When I finished at the game against Liverpool, I went to the dressing room and the first thing I saw on the big screen, reading non-stop – ’Diego Costa crimes’,” he said.