Jose Mourinho leads Real Madrid rant with printed images after derby defeat | OneFootball

Jose Mourinho produced printer out images of controversial incidents in a derby rant after Real Madrid fell to Atletico Madrid.

Mourinho hit out at the officials following his side’s 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid, claiming Diego Simeone’s side could have had two red cards in the first half.

The pressure increases on Mourinho, with the result following a 1-0 loss to Real Betis earlier in September to leave them six points off leaders Barcelona.

"We can skip the press conference because the story of the match is right here," Mourinho said, while flagging the pieces of paper with the images and screenshots of the moments he was aggrieved by.

"Those were two clear red cards. Given the difficulties we faced afterwards playing 11 against 10, we can only imagine what 50 minutes of 11 against nine would have been like.

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Jose Mourinho, Manager of Real Madrid, reacts against Atletico Madrid (Getty Images)

"So I'll just have to limit myself to hugging my players, who gave it their all and played a first half, showed great class and character, setting us up perfectly to win the second half."

Mourinho then added that he hoped the decisions were merely mistakes before praising his side’s cohesion.

"I want to believe they are simply mistakes, just as a coach makes mistakes, just as a player makes mistakes," he said.

"I liked my team as a unit. Even in the first half I really liked them, and in the second half it was obviously very difficult to get the ball and to stop Atleti's possession. I liked their pride, I liked their determination, and it's a good feeling for me to not be disappointed in my players".

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Atletico Madrid's Giuliano Simeone and Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho (Reuters)

Diego Simeone, in victory, refused to be drawn into a dispute with Mourinho, instead underlining a need for managers to be careful with their words.

"I understand that we're in a privileged position with a lot of public scrutiny, as coaches, and whether it's Mourinho, [Hansi] Flick, [Manuel] Pellegrini, me, or anyone else, we need to be careful about what we say," he said.

"We have to know how to respect others, the referees, our colleagues and we all lose out. And when someone crosses that line of respect, it's not right - you can't cross that line."