“If you listen to me speaking, I tell these kinds of words 10 times in every 15 words. I tell this to myself when I am not happy with something, I tell it to my players, I tell it when the ball hits the post. I can be emotional but polite. But I don’t want to be offensive with anyone.”
— Chelsea’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho, who admitted swearing at referee Mike Riley with a particular Portuguese phrase during an exchange at halftime of the Blues’ FA Cup match against Tottenham on Sunday. Mourinho admitted approaching Riley “always in a polite way” with Chelsea trailing, 3-1. The game ended in a 3-3 tie.