Mourinho questions whether Foy should ever officiate Chelsea again after Willian and Ramires red cards during Villa defeat

Jose Mourinho has questioned whether Chris Foy should ever officiate a Chelsea match again after the referee sent off Willian and Ramires in their damaging loss to Aston Villa.
The Chelsea manager suggested there were ‘problems’ when Foy had previously taken charge of matches involving the club and that his players had been discussing the appointment in the build-up to the game at Villa Park. Such statements may bring action from the Football Association.
Mourinho, also sent off in the final seconds, compared the loss to Chelsea’s controversial defeat by the same score to Queens Park Rangers in October 2011, when Jose Bosingwa and Didier Drogba were dismissed by Foy. 

 

 
‘I know,’ said Mourinho. ‘The players were speaking about it during the week. My philosophy is that I never care who the ref is, I don’t want to know. If for some reason I know the referee is Mr Anthony or Mr Jon, I always think that the referee is a good referee, I look always positive.
‘But during the week the players were speaking about the situation and I think from now on, the next time we have Mr Foy, I have to work my people in a different way because I don’t want this.
‘But do they have a reason? Maybe it is helpful that the committee doesn’t send him to our matches.
 

‘I don’t have the right to request. It’s just I think they have to analyse the situation and see if every time he has Chelsea - or not every time - but many times he has Chelsea and problems are there, I think maybe it would be a good decision.’
He added: ‘I went to the pitch, as everybody went, with one single objective, me and Paul (Lambert) and my assistants and Paul’s assistants - that was to calm one situation in the last minute of the game.
‘I was angry but calm. Completely in control of my emotions, that’s why I can control myself and say I will refuse to comment.
‘I’m completely aware that if I comment, I will be accused of bringing the game into disrepute. Donations, I prefer to do anonymously and to people who really need the money.
'I don’t think it would be a problem to make a donation to help young referees to have better conditions to improve - a referees’ academy.’
Mourinho said that prior to the red card he felt his team would pick up at least a point


 It was the kind of performance where you feel that you may win, you may not, but you never lose.’ 
Delph insisted both red cards were justified. He said: ‘If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it usually is. Let’s just leave it at that. (Willian) has grabbed me and I’ve gone down. I only weigh about 3st 2lbs so it was a bit difficult for me to stay up.’
‘I think Chelsea is normally a very composed team. The last time I remember something similar was in a match with QPR, at their stadium.’
It was pointed out Foy officiated that match too. ‘I didn’t know,’ Mourinho smiled. ‘It’s a coincidence.’