Jose Mourinho has refused to criticize referee Michael Oliver after
Chelsea’s League Cup semifinal victory over Liverpool because of a
potential charge from the Football Association.
The Portuguese is already
contesting a charge issued to him after his suggestion that there was a
"campaign" against Chelsea when Cesc Fabregas was booked for diving
against Southampton last month.
And
despite being visibly incensed by Oliver's failure to award Diego Costa
a penalty after the Spaniard went down under a challenge from Martin
Skrtel in the first half Tuesday, he insists he is wary of attracting
further sanction.
“If I
speak, people will say 'Mourinho again.' If I speak, the FA will punish
me as they always do, or as they always try,” Mourinho told Sky Sports.
“It's so clear that it's difficult to accept. I have to ask myself,
'Why?' The most important thing is that we won. The supporters were
fantastic. This is what we need. A final at Wembley means a lot.
Hopefully they can do this in the Premier League and Champions League."
Branislav
Ivanovic’s header in extra time secured Chelsea’s place at Wembley, but
Mourinho has praised Brendan Rodgers for leading Liverpool “in the
right direction.”
“In the
second half, today we were better than them, and also in extra time,”
the Chelsea boss said. “I want to be honest and say that they were
there. They're a very good team. Great work by Brendan changing the
shape and the model of play. The way they started the season they were
not going in the right direction. He was intelligent enough to change
and create a new team.
“This
is a new Liverpool team and a very difficult opponent. I'm even happier
because we beat a very good team over two legs. The difference was a
goal.”
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