JOSE MOURINHO has accused refs of favouring Man United

Two great football teams. Two many great players. Two brilliant coaches. A great football match. The English newspaper The Sun has highlighted Jose Mourinho's comments on referees. This is the typical build-up to a great match! To understand the story, you need some information not only about English football but also about recent refereeing problems there.

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Chelsea’s boss let rip in the build-up to Sunday's Old Trafford blockbuster, where Howard Webb will be in charge.

Mourinho said: “We don’t want refs to treat us like they treated United when Tottenham’s Pedro Mendes had a shot which was two metres over the line and nobody saw it.
"We don’t want to be given penalties like United had in the first minute against Portsmouth to score as soon as the game has started.
“We don’t want any of that.
“We just want something that has always been abundant in the English game — fair play and dignity.”

The comments are sure to crank up the pressure on referee Webb, who was handed the game following recent controversies surrounding usual first-choice Graham Poll.

Mourinho added: “I know that people here don’t want us to win but in football the team that does enough to deserve the victory should win.
“You can’t be biased against one particular team because the team has won on many occasions in the past.
“Or because the owner of the club is who he is, or because the manager is who he is, or because the players are who they are.
“We want to win when we deserve to win and lose when we deserve to lose.”
Mourinho felt things went too far at Spurs as John Terry was sent off.