Mourinho holds up photos in furious referee rant

Jose Mourinho turned his post-match press conference into a protest, brandishing images of two tackles he felt should have been red cards.

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What happened. Jose Mourinho held up pictures of two tackles in his post-match news conference after Real Madrid's 2-1 La Liga defeat to Atletico Madrid, claiming Cristian Romero and Lee Kang-in should have been sent off.

• Mourinho said Romero stamped on Jude Bellingham and Lee Kang-in challenged Federico Valverde.
• Real's Dean Huijsen was sent off for bringing down Giuliano Simeone, with Alejandro Grimaldo scoring the penalty.
• Jonathan David doubled Atletico's lead before Antonio Rudiger headed in a late free-kick.

“We could skip the press conference because the story of the match is right here.”

— Jose Mourinho

Real Madrid's official match report also criticised the officiating, as Mourinho's side sit six points behind Barcelona.

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