Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho revelled in the shackling of Luis Suarez after his side showed their Premier League title credentials with a 2-1 defeat of Liverpool.
In Suarez’s first match against Chelsea since April’s infamous bite on Branislav Ivanovic which earned him a 10-match ban, Mourinho’s side deprived the Premier League’s top marksman scoring opportunities and took full advantage to win 2-1 and move two points behind leaders Arsenal.
Mourinho said: “The team did a very good job collectively. It was more about my team defending really well with 10 players than specifically this one or that one.
Mourinho criticised Suarez for “doing an acrobatic swimming pool jump” and showing his “wild nature” in trying to win a penalty at Stamford Bridge.
A frustrated Suarez felt he had been fouled by Samuel Eto’o in the penalty box, but Mourinho disagreed, making a diving gesture and insisting simulation must be outlawed from the British game.
Mourinho said: “Suarez lost a duel with (Cesar) Azpilicueta, Azpilicueta has the ball and is leaving the box with the ball and now he’s doing an acrobatic swimming pool jump to try to get the penalty.
“But (referee Howard) Webb is 10 metres away. And I think the only mistake Webb did was not to give him a yellow card.”
When pressed, Mourinho admitted there may have been contact between Eto’o and Suarez, “when the ball is 10 metres away with Azpilicueta, though he had earlier stated on Sky Sports 1 that Suarez went down “like somebody shot him”.
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