‘SORRY, WE WERE WRONG’
the tunnel leaving a trail of mayhem that engulfed both benches and the two sets of players.
Mourinho had to be restrained by United officials as all hell broke loose but when the mood calmed he and Sarri shook hands.
The Chelsea manager acknowledged his coach was wrong – and ordered Ianni to make a grovelling apology to Mourinho.
Sarri said: “I spoke with Jose after and realised we were wrong. I spoke with my staff, and then agreed to talk to Mourinho and say sorry.
“Now I think it is finished. We made a mistake. We were in the wrong on the situation.”
Sarri revealed he plans to speak with Ianni again today – and the coach could face an FA disrepute charge if referee Mike Dean highlights the incident in his match report.
“I don’t know at the moment what else might happen,”said Sarri. “I spoke to him immediately after the game. So of course, I have to speak to him again. I want to be sure he understands it was a big mistake.”
Mourinho claimed he had accepted Ianni’s apology, adding: “It was bad education, but I also made mistakes in football matches and I will make more.
“So when he came to me after the game I accepted his apologies.
“Maurizio saw what happened and told me that he would take care of it internally and to accept his apologies, which I did.
“Then the young fellow came and apologised. I told him: ‘I accept, I made mistakes when I was your age and I try to improve’.”
Mourinho added: “We were the better team and the result is really unfair.
“We deserved to win. The players were fantastic, so I will try to focus on the level of the performance and forget the bad result.” FOR EVERY MATCH REPORT