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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reacts before the Champions League Group G soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea FC in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho reacts before the Champions League Group G soccer match between Dynamo Kiev and Chelsea FC in Kiev, Ukraine, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)Sergei Chuzavkov/Associated Press

Jose Mourinho Slams 'Weak and Naive' Referee After Chelsea Draw with Dynamo Kiev

Tom SunderlandOct 20, 2015

Another contentious result for Chelsea saw manager Jose Mourinho once again lash out against match officials for the part they played in his side's 0-0 stalemate against Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday.

Referee Damir Skomina failed to award the Blues a spot-kick after Cesc Fabregas went down under a challenge in the Dynamo area, prompting Mourinho to speak his mind on the matter, per BBC Sport:

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The referee was weak and naive with the penalty. I cannot understand what the referee behind the goal does because he doesn't make a clear decision too. I see progress. We hit the post twice, had a good solid defensive performance against dangerous team. To lose this game would have been bad for us.

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Chelsea have now claimed just four points from their first three Champions League games of the season and sit third in Group G, three points behind leaders Porto, to whom they lost 2-1 last month.   

Despite showing some disdain toward the performance of the officials, Mourinho did back up those comments by praising his team's display in Ukraine's capital, according to the official Chelsea Twitter account:

It was only last week Mourinho incurred a £50,000 fine and a one-match suspended stadium ban from the Football Association linked to a misconduct charge for comments made about referees after the 3-1 defeat to Southampton earlier this season, per Sky Sports.

Mourinho intended to appeal the punishment, but BBC Sport reported the FA wouldn't accept his claim that "a lack of English language skills" was to blame for his outburst.

This latest demonstration of his lexicon would appear to confirm vocabulary isn't the issue at hand, and it now leaves the question as to whether UEFA will intervene just as the FA have following Mourinho's criticism.

BBC Sport's Conor McNamara quizzed the tactician on whether he thought he'd be pulled up for his latest comments, Mourinho appeared to jokingly backtrack:

Ex-England manager and BT Sport pundit Glenn Hoddle urged Mourinho to see if he enjoys the pressures of being a referee before continuing any tirade against those who govern the game:

Following on from the 2-0 win over Aston Villa last Saturday, Tuesday's draw means the west Londoners have managed to keep back-to-back clean sheets for just the second time this season.

It's far from the result Mourinho wanted, though, and as Chelsea's season continues to run along a maddening path, the helmsman appears no more willing to take full responsibility for the Blues' demise.

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