Mourinho fumes at ´campaign´ against Chelsea

Jose Mourinho slammed a perceived “campaign” against Chelsea after Cesc Fabregas was booked for diving in Sunday’s 1-1 draw at Southampton.

Chelsea ensured they will finish 2014 top of the Premier League after Eden Hazard’s individual effort on the stroke of half-time cancelled out Sadio Mane’s opener at the St Mary’s Stadium.

However, there was a moment of controversy in the 55th minute when midfielder Fabregas appeared to be felled in the area by Matt Targett – who slipped when trying to jockey the Spaniard.

Referee Anthony Taylor produced a yellow card for simulation, and manager Mourinho believes it is the latest of a series of poor decisions to go against his team this term.

“I think it’s clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign,” he said. “In the first match Diego [Costa] got a yellow card when should it have been a penalty and red card at Burnley.

“A few months later we lose two points in a match where the penalty is there and Fabregas gets a yellow card.

“In football we are always trying – or we should always try – to change the bad things and the double punishment is something unbelievable.

“You have a penalty and probably you win the game. You don’t get the penalty and you get a yellow card.

“It should be easy – Anthony goes to a screen, he sees he makes a mistake.

“He’s a good guy, an honest guy, he writes ‘I made a mistake’ and let’s [rescind] the yellow card to Fabregas. It should be simple.

“”[They are] bad yellow cards. You can say that. I’m not saying all, but the crucial ones, because we’re speaking about crucial decisions.

“For example, the game against Hull City – do you think the most important thing of the game was Gary Cahill [who was controversially not booked for simulation] or was it Filipe Luis almost with a broken leg? For me that’s the crucial point of the game.”