Jose Mourinho sent off on touchline after angry Roma boss fumes as Nemanja Matic scores last-gasp goal in Torino draw
JOSE MOURINHO was red carded before Nemanja Matic grabbed a last-gasp draw for Roma against Torino on Sunday.
The home side trailed until late on after Karol Linetty fired Torino into a 55th minute lead at Stadio Olimpico.
Referee Antonio Rapuano shows Jose Mourinho a red cardRex
Nemanja Matic fires Roma levelRex
It all got too much for Mourinho in the 89th minute, when he was given his marching orders by referee Antonio Rapuano for his fierce protestations.
After seeing their manager banished from the touchline, Roma stars were able to snatch a point from the brink of defeat… but they did it the hard way.
Rapuano awarded them a penalty in the 92nd minute, only for Andrea Belotti to step up and strike the post.
Paulo Dybala then lashed an effort against the crossbar in the 94th minute, before Matic was able to fire a left-footed drive beyond Torino stopper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
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After the match, Mourinho admitted that he deserved his red card.
The 59-year-old said: “It was the right decision, my words to the referee deserved a red card.
“I spoke to him after the game and apologised, but I don’t want to talk about his performance. I was humble enough to apologise, but I will leave his performance and the hypothetical influence on the match to you.
“I don’t want to talk about what we said, that was private. My words deserved a red card, but I will not judge the referee’s performance.”
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On Belotti’s penalty miss he praised the forward for stepping up – while blasting the “psychological frailty” of the player that had been supposed to take the spot kick.
He said: “Belotti was not the designated penalty taker. I won’t tell you who was.
“This is the type of situation that can happen. The problem is when people don’t give what they can, I don’t like psychological frailty.
“Belotti showed courage to take it and make that mistake. You cannot say he lacked courage.”
After Matic’s equaliser, Torino winger Nemanja Radonjic got into a feisty confrontation with Roma’s stand-in skipper Gianluca Mancini.
Radonjic was shoved away by Mancini after trying to prevent him from taking a throw-in quickly – subsequently appearing to grab his crotch while screaming at him.
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The result leaves Roma seventh in the table, six points above ninth-placed Torino.
It sees them fall further from the leading pack, however, now sitting three points behind fourth spot and 14 off first place Napoli.
Nemanja Radonjic grabs his private partsfuto Sports Network
