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Chelsea boss Mourinho blasts Wenger: He wanted Cahill sent off

Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho didn't want to discuss his touchline clash with Arsenal's Arsene Wenger during victory yesterday. Wenger's frustrations boiled over after Gary Cahill's tackle from behind on Alexis Sanchez in the 20th minute, when he pushed Mourinho in the chest as he strode towards the Chile forward.

The Chelsea boss preferred to move on.

Mourinho said: "Forget that (the push). A football pitch is a football pitch, so no problem.

"It becomes heated because this is a big game, big clubs, big rivals, (an) important match for both teams. These conditions make a game of emotions.

"There are two technical areas, one for me, one for him. He was coming to my technical area and he was not coming for the right reasons.

"He was not coming to give some tactical instructions or something.

"He was coming to press the referee to give a red card and I didn't like that."

Mourinho praised Jonathan Moss for his handling of the incident, which saw referee Martin Atkinson warn both managers after consulting the fourth official.

The Blues boss, who did not speak to Wenger afterwards, declined to criticise his opposite number's conduct.

"To be fair, I do so many wrong things in football," Mourinho added.

"Sometimes you lose emotion and I did so many wrong things, but not this time, because this time I was just in my technical area and it was not my problem. Game over. Story over."

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