Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been criticised by UEFA for claiming that the linesman "scored" Liverpool's winner in their Champions League semi-final.
After watching his side lose to a controversial Luis Garcia goal at Anfield on Tuesday and go out of the Champions League 1-0 on aggregate to Liverpool, Mourinho said: "They scored, if you can say that they scored, because maybe you should say the linesman scored."
Mourinho recently completed a two-match UEFA ban for bringing the game into disrepute by falsely claiming that Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard was seen leaving referee Anders Frisk's dressing room during the interval of their Champions League clash at the Nou Camp in February.
Lars-Ake Bjorck, vice-chairman of UEFA's referee committee, is stunned Mourinho has failed to learn from that mistake and said Mourinho's latest remark, directed at linesman Roman Slysko, "damages football."
He hinted that Mourinho, who led Chelsea to their first top-flight title in 50 years and Carling Cup success this season, could face further action.
"It's unbelievable he hasn't got the brain to learn from his mistake last time," Bjorck told The Sun.
