Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at criticism from Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness regarding the behaviour of his players versus Paris Saint-Germain.
Mourinho was responding to reaction from the from the pair, who are pundits for Sky Sports, about Chelsea's confrontations with the referee in the midweek Champions League elimination against Paris Saint-Germain, claiming that they did very similar in their playing careers, and Souness just as much in his managerial career.
Nine of Mourinho's players had confronted referee Bjorn Kuipers about Zlatan Ibrahimovic's tackle on Oscar that led to a straight red card for the Sweden international.
Mourinho rejected certain perceptions of his behaviour, and said the true way to judge Chelsea was the way they congratulated PSG.
He said: "One by one in the tunnel after the PSG game, I shook the hands of not just their players but the coaches and everyone else from PSG. I told them they deserved to win and good luck for the future.
"This is the way we behave after a defeat. I am not like the way people sometimes like to describe me."
Responding to the censure from former Liverpool players Carragher and , Mourinho said: "The world is a bit strange, maybe because of diets and quality products we are eating, I think memories are getting shorter. Because when Carragher and Souness speak about it, it is because they are having a problem for sure.
"Carragher stopped playing two years ago and it seems he's forgotten everything on the pitch. Mr Souness has also forgotten, though he stopped playing a long time ago. He also forgets that I know so much about him, because he left Benfica as coach.
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