FA explains why Mourinho was banned for kicking water bottle

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FA explains why Mourinho was banned for kicking water bottle

Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho, was handed a one-match touchline ban, because he “could have endangered people around him”, an independent commission has said.

Mourinho was sent off for kicking a bottle of water during their 1-1 draw with West Ham, in the Premier League at Old Trafford on November 27.

He later admitted to the Football Association’s charge for improper conduct.

The three-man commission, chaired by Stuart Ripley, ruled Mourinho had “aggressively kicked the bottle in a manner that could have endangered people around him regardless of the motivation to do so.”

Referee Jonathan Moss also said he had been informed by Anthony Taylor, the game’s fourth official, that Mourinho had “aggressively kicked a water bottle… so recklessly and with little consideration of the consequences.”

The panel’s written reasons, published by the FA, have revealed that Mourinho is “striving to improve his disciplinary record” and that he issued a “sincere apology for his actions.”

The Commission noted: “Mr Mourinho ought to be credited for his admission to the charge, his non-confrontational actions when engaging with the officials subsequent to him kicking the bottle and his apology, which the commission accepted as being sincere.”