Jose Mourinho could escape touchline ban

Jose Mourinho was asked to leave the dug-out during Chelsea’s game against Cardiff City. Mourinho consistently left his technical area to complain to referee Anthony Taylor about Cardiff’s perceived time-wasting.

However, recent updates state that Mourinho might just escape a touchline ban.

Cardiff are expected to make their discontent at the decision known and manager Malky Mackay has said that he will ask referees’ chief Mike Riley for clarification on the decision.

“We were on the end of the ghost goal, when the ball didn’t even go in the net,” Mackay said. “I was first-team coach. I was standing watching that not happen.

“The following week you’re back at it and you’re just playing the following team and it’s completely different. It’s not something that ever gives that much of a hangover. We get up and get on with it. There’s no hard luck stories here.”

He added: “It’s not a set-play game. It’s not like American football. It’s a free-flowing game. Where do the replays come in? At what point do you stop? Eventually there might be (replays), but at least we’ve got goal-line technology. It’s only taken about 10 years for that to happen.”

He said: “You’ve got to keep playing on. If we’d stood and watched it that would’ve been sacrilege.”