A livid Jose Mourinho mentioned his Roma gamers ought to ‘dive like clowns’ to win penalties after being denied a spot-kick of their Serie A defeat to Atalanta.
Roma slipped to their second defeat of the season on Sunday, with Giorgio Scalvini’s first-half aim sufficient to present Atalanta a slim win.
Mourinho was despatched off for dissent after he reacted angrily to referee Daniele Chiffi’s determination to not award Roma a penalty following a collision between Nicolo Zaniolo and Caleb Okoli.
Talking after the defeat, Mourinho mentioned his gamers could as nicely ‘dive like clowns’ moderately than attempt to keep on their toes if these type of selections don't go their approach.
‘There was a really clear penalty,’ the previous Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea and Actual Madrid boss mentioned.
‘I requested the referee afterwards why, and requested him to be clear with me that it was as a result of Zaniolo didn't go down.
‘So subsequently I've to vary my recommendation to my gamers, I've to inform them don’t attempt to keep in your toes, don’t play the ball.
‘I've to inform them to be a clown the best way many who dive like they’re in a swimming pool do on this league, as a result of that's evidently the way you get penalties.’
Roma’s defeat on the Stadio Olimpico leaves them sixth in Serie A with 13 factors from seven video games. Mourinho’s facet face Italian giants Inter Milan following the worldwide break.
Mourinho added: ‘It went badly as a result of we misplaced a sport that we should always’ve received simply, contemplating the best way we performed.
‘If we are able to think about this domination we had within the closing third, with many possibilities created, we are able to speculate that with Paulo on the sector it'd’ve been totally different.’
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