EPL: Mourinho ready for FA

Jose Mourinho has denied an FA charge and
requested a non-personal hearing in relation
to his post-match comments after Chelsea's
game against Sunderland.
Assistant manager Rui Faria has admitted two
misconduct charges and requested a non-
personal hearing.
Sunderland, who were at the time bottom of
the table, ended Mourinho's 77-match
unbeaten home league run at Stamford Bridge
with a 2-1 win on April 19.
Mourinho could not hide his anger afterwards
behind a sarcastic appraisal of the officials.
He has requested a non-personal hearing in
the case, the FA has announced.
His assistant Faria, who was dismissed for
angrily confronting the match officials, has
admitted two charges of misconduct and
requested a non-personal hearing.
Midfielder Ramires received a retrospective
four-match ban, ending his domestic season,
for striking Sebastian Larsson during the loss.
Speaking after the Black Cats match,
Mourinho said: "Mike Dean's performance was
unbelievable and when referees have
unbelievable performances it's fair to
congratulate them.
"He came here with one objective, the
objective to make a fantastic performance and
he did that.
"Congratulations to Mike Riley, because he's
the referees' boss, and what they are doing
during the whole season is fantastic,
especially in the last couple of months,
especially in matches involving the teams that
were in the title race - it's absolutely
fantastic."
An FA statement read: "Jose Mourinho has
denied an FA charge and requested a non-
personal hearing in relation to comments he
made following Chelsea's game against
Sunderland on April 19, 2014.
"It is alleged that Mourinho's post-match
comments constitute improper conduct, in that
they call into question the integrity of the
referee appointed to the above fixture (Mike
Dean) and/or the integrity of Mr Mike Riley,
general manager of the Professional Game
Match Officials Limited, and/or the comments
bring the game into disrepute.
"In relation to the same fixture, Chelsea
assistant manager Rui Faria has admitted two
misconduct breaches and requested a non-
personal hearing.
"The first breach was that Faria used abusive
and/or insulting words towards the fourth
official (Phil Dowd). The second breach was
that Faria's behaviour following the match
referee's request that he leave the technical
area amounted to improper conduct.
"A date for both hearings will be set in due
course."