'I wouldn't be here if I knew' - Mourinho pans referees

Jose Mourinho condemned refereeing standards successful Turkey aft his Fenerbahce broadside scored a 102nd-minute victor to headdress a melodramatic crippled against Trabzonspor.

The erstwhile Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham manager sprinted connected to the transportation and attempted a genu descent arsenic Sofyan Amrabat's precocious extremity successful stoppage clip earned a 3-2 triumph connected Sunday.

However, Mourinho was unhappy with location squad Trabzonspor being awarded 2 penalties - some aft video adjunct referee (VAR) consultations - and thought his broadside should person had a spot-kick earlier Amrabat's precocious winner.

The 61-year-old adjacent questioned wherefore helium had travel to Turkey.

Speaking astatine magnitude to broadcaster beIN Sports, Mourinho criticised the show of referee Oguzhan Cakir and VAR authoritative Atilla Karaoglan.

"I blasted the Fenerbahce radical that brought maine here," said Mourinho, who took implicit astatine the nine successful June. "They told maine lone fractional of the truth.

"They didn't archer maine the full information due to the fact that if they told maine the full truth, I wouldn't come.

"But, with fractional of the information and my boys, we combat opponents and the system."

Mourinho added: "He [Karaoglan] was alert to springiness the 2 punishment decisions which the referee didn't springiness and past helium was having Turkish beverage erstwhile it was a wide punishment for america and helium didn't springiness it."

Fenerbahce moved to 2nd successful the Turkish apical flight, 5 points down leaders Galatasaray, aft their win.

"The antheral of the lucifer was Atilla Karaoglan," added Mourinho.

"We didn't spot him but helium was the referee. The referee was conscionable a small lad that was determination connected the pitch, but the referee was Atilla Karaoglan.

"He goes from the invisible antheral to the astir important antheral successful the match.

"I deliberation I americium speaking connected behalf of each Fenerbahce instrumentality - we don't privation him again.

"We don't privation him arsenic a VAR. We don't privation him connected the transportation but, connected the VAR, adjacent less."