Mourinho’s appeal against the first charge was heard by an independent appeal board yesterday who found against him, a further blow to the Chelsea manager who registered just his second win in nine matches when his side beat Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
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The Welshman said: “I’d like to think if we put in the level of performance that we did in the Capital One Cup then hopefully we’ll get a few more mentions”.
He also revealed his unorthodox plans for how he would follow the match, per BBC Sport’s Matt Parratt and Saj Chowdhury: “I have no plans [to watch]”.
The 52-year-old rejected his opportunity to appeal the FA’s decision and has suggested that he will watch his side in action against Mark Hughes’ men on the street corner instead.
The assistant referees and fourth official backed up Moss’s report with similar observations of the behaviour and language used by the Chelsea manager, with Sutton eventually having escorted the Portuguese away.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho says his stadium ban changes everything and compared his banishment from Stoke’s Britannia Stadium with being prevented from entering a cinema to watch a film.
“I repeat, if the FA want to punish me, they can punish me, they don’t punish other managers, they punish me – it’s not a problem for me”.
“I’ve said before that most top players and managers react to situations like that and at a few point I’m sure their season will turn around”.
The Blues boss will sit out the trip to the Potteries tomorrow as he serves a one-match stadium ban for disparaging remarks about officials.
A bristly Mourinho refused to confirm at his Friday news conference whether he had indeed defied a stadium ban in 2005 by hiding in a laundry basket during a Champions League quarter-final against Bayern Munich.
“Whether the FA have things in place I don’t know but I’d be very surprised if they haven’t”.
“We have come up with plans and strategies to cope with us dominating, Stoke dominating, scorelines, they are prepared”. “They know I am going to prepare the team until the moment they go to the game”. My staff are free of that pressure.
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“I have to get out (of the bus) before (it reaches the stadium)”.
