Mourinho escapes UEFA ban over water bottle celebrations

European football governing body, UEFA have refrained from taking disciplinary action against Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho for his bottle-throwing antics during Tuesday’s Champions League win over Young Boys which they won by a lone goal.

The Portuguese who is known for drawing unnecessary attention opted to celebrate the victory’s following a Marouane Fellaini’s 91st-minute winner by throwing to the ground a crate of bottled water.

This would not be the first the Portuguese would be acting in such manner.

Recalled in November 2016, Mourinho was handed a one-match ban from the Football Association for kicking a container of drinks following United’s drawn against West Ham.

“We didn’t play for that, we didn’t play for 0-0 or to be in trouble until the last minute.

“Frustration, I was not unhappy with the players, not at all, frustrated we couldn’t score, yes, but my players were very tired in end and that’s what I love, it means they gave everything.

“They had moments of good football, hypothetical beautiful goals, but then also moments of pressure, a lack of confidence that frustrated us.”In the end we scored. I united the goal with David [de Gea]’s save. Without that
save there’s no winning goal.

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“In the end we qualify with one game in hand. We suffered a lot, but we did it,” Mourinho responded while fielding questions from journalists.