Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has been fined £8,000 after
admitting a breach of Football Association rules during last weekend's clash
with Cardiff.
Mourinho was sent to the stands with about 20 minutes
left of the match, which ended in a 4-1 victory for his side.
The Portuguese lost his temper with referee Anthony
Taylor when he asked Branislav Ivanovic to speed up taking a throw-in, having
seen Cardiff get away with time-wasting earlier in the game.
There was talk Mourinho would be handed a touchline ban
for his outburst, but he has been given the standard FA fine after admitting
improper conduct.
An FA statement read: "Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho
has been fined £8,000 after he admitted a breach of FA Rule E3 in that his
behaviour in or around the 69th minute of his side's game against Cardiff City
on 19 October 2013 amounted to improper conduct.
"The fine is the standard penalty for the offence."
Mourinho addressed the subject after Chelsea's Champions
League win over Schalke on Tuesday, saying: "What the referee wrote is
true. I was not aggressive, I was not offensive. I just had a disagreement.
"That in the game is resolved with 'shut up and sit
down', (you) don't need to go to the stands.
"I accept the fine and against Manchester City (on
Sunday) I can work."
Culled from Skysports
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