Furious Mourinho boycotts media after seeing red at Roma
Raging Roma head coach Jose Mourinho imposed a media ban on himself and his players as frustrations boiled over during a 1-1 draw with Atalanta in Serie A, leading to him being sent off again.
The passionate Portuguese blew up after his forward Romelu Lukaku appeared to have been held back on route to goal in the dying minutes of the game, a potential score that would have won the match for the home side.
Mourinho had already been booked earlier in the match for an extraordinary stand-off with the referee after a similar incident involving Paulo Dybala in the first half, and he gave the referee little choice but to dismiss him after more exagerated protests in the wake of Lukaku going to ground late in the match.
But the home fans remained right behind their boss, singing his name loudly as he slowly left the touchline while continue to mumble in protest.
Roma fell behind early when Teun Koopmeiners nodded Atalanta ahead in only the eigth minute. It would be another half an hour before the Giallorossi drew level, Dybala smashing home a penalty in the 39th minute.
But that would be all the scoring in the match, despite Roma creating deveral chances and Atalanta having a goal disallowed in the second half as a result of a foul in the lead-up.
The result leaves both sides outside the top five, Atalanta sitting in sixth while Roma, which would have gone into that position with a win, lying in eighth place.
Both sides would, however, be grateful for another blip in reignin champion Napoli's season after it was thrashed 3-0 by Torino to leave it in ninth place.
