Chelsea boss Mourinho refuses to deny branding Dowd "too fat to ref"

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Chelsea boss Mourinho refuses to deny branding Dowd "too fat to ref"

Chelseaboss Jose Mourinhohas refused the opportunity to deny telling ref Phil Dowd he was "too fat" to be still in the game after defeat to Tottenham.
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Yesterday, he refused to deny telling referee Dowd he was ‘too fat to referee and should retire’ after Chelsea’s 5-3 defeat at Tottenhamon New Years Day.

But Mourinho focused his blame on the environment in which referees operate and said: ‘For the players to express themselves they must feel no pressure.

"With them (referees) it has to be exactly the same thing. They have to enjoy the matches. It is also important for them."

Mourinho added his weight to calls for officials to be able to see live replays of incidents adding that he now felt ‘worried’ every time Chelseaplay in a competition without goal line technology.

"I want them to be able to see replays," he said.
"We can speak to them 30 minutes after the game, sometimes we go and the words are the normal ones: well done and so on. Other times we discuss what happened.

"With Phil, he made a big mistake and was not happy. I go in a privileged position because I have seen it on TV."