Jose Mourinho hit out on the VAR officers regardless of Actual Madrid’s late victory in Barcelona’s again yard.
The Portuguese rolled again the years with an epic knee slide as Kylian Mbappe struck a late winner to chop the hole to 3 factors behind Barcelona in La Liga.
His most iconic knee slide got here 14 years in the past when Cristiano Ronaldo sealed a Ninetieth-minute comeback win in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the Champions League.
And Mourinho – now 63 and sporting a gray beard – was on good type as Madrid received 2-1 due to Mbappe’s double.
However his press convention was dominated together with his frustrations and he mentioned: ‘The referee was nice however the VAR was sleeping.
‘There was a transparent crimson card for Cancelo on Diomande that may have modified the sport.’
Jose Mourinho received his first El Clasico again at Actual Madrid – however nonetheless ranted about VAR
He was outraged at Jose Cancelo’s obvious stamp on Yan Diomande – not lengthy earlier than Raphinha’s equaliser for Barcelona
However Mourinho celebrated Kylian Mbappe’s late winner with a knee slide, rolling again the years
Referee Juan Martínez Munuera had allowed play to proceed however replays confirmed that Cancelo had successfully stamped on the ahead. Minutes later, Raphinha equalised – and Barcelona had a number of probabilities to grab a winner through him and Lamine Yamal.
Mourinho added: ‘In my opinion, Actual Madrid don’t play to win on the Camp Nou. Actual Madrid play to win La Liga.
‘This have to be the mentality. We have to proceed like this and don’t go over the moon after this win.’
He’s quick gaining momentum in his second spell in cost on the Santiago Bernabeu, with eight wins of their final 9 video games in all competitions.
Mbappe had put Madrid forward going into half-time earlier than Raphinha equalised, however the Ballon d’Or contender completed what he began within the 87th minute.
Barcelona defender Pau Cubarsi was at fault twice, by chance knocking the ball to Mbappe for the primary earlier than being skinned by Yan Diomande for the second.
Mourinho was a tempestuous presence on the touchline all night time, and needed to be calmed down at one level by the referee.
However at full time he was a contented man and crossed the pitch to embrace deputy goalkeeper Andriy Lunin, standing in for Thibaut Courtois, who was dominated out with the flu.
Mbappe struck twice, capitalising on defensive errors from the La Liga leaders
Anthony Gordon and Jude Bellingham confronted off in opposition to one another and performed properly
Regardless of his ferocious exercise all through the sport, and his wild celebrations for Mbappe’s winner, he was a relaxed presence on the ultimate whistle, sauntering round together with his fingers in his pockets.
Madrid have shattered Barcelona’s flawless begin to the league season and edged forward within the all-time El Clasico ledger.
They’ve received 107 derby video games to Barcelona’s 106, having drawn 52.
Mourinho now has six wins, six attracts, and 6 defeats within the fixture, which has been going since 1888.
England stars Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon each starred in Sunday night time’s version and put in sturdy shows, with the latter teeing up Raphinha for an incredible likelihood with a lovely backheel within the first half.
Former Manchester Metropolis stars Rodri and Bernardo Silva performed for the primary time in Spanish soccer’s marquee fixture, whereas Ibrahima Konate, Marc Cucurella, and Dean Huijsen joined the ex-Premier League contingent.
Trent Alexander-Arnold was launched as an alternative deep into added time.
Barcelona supervisor Hansi Flick felt his aspect have been just too jaded after 4 matches in 12 days and didn’t seem overly troubled by the defeat.
‘We weren’t taking part in on the highest stage due to the (lack of) freshness,’ he mentioned.
‘It is not prime for us however we’ve got to just accept it and defeats is a part of the sport. It is the primary defeat in 10 video games.
‘We’ve got an entire week earlier than the subsequent sport to organize and disconnect.’
