Jose fury at 96th-minute goal celebrations

his assistant could be disciplined.

‘I spoke with Jose after and realised we were wrong,’ said Sarri. ‘I spoke with my staff and then agreed to speak to Mourinho and say sorry.

‘Now I think it’s finished. We made a mistake. We were in the wrong on the situation. I have to speak to Marco, I want to be sure he understands it was a big mistake.’

Mourinho said: ‘It was bad education but I also made mistakes in football matches and I will make more so, when after the game he came to me to apologise, I accepted his apology and nothing more to say.

‘Maurizio saw and Maurizio said he would take care of it internally and to accept his apologies which I did. But then the young fellow came and he also apologised and I told him: “I accept your apology. I also did mistakes, especially when I was your age, and try to improve”.’

The altercation overshadowed the dramatic Chelsea comeback but also a much-improved Manchester United performance.

Sarri was furious at dropping two points, accusing his players of trying to match United at their own game.

‘We have played very well in the first hour but then we have played the match of United,’ he said. ‘A physical match and United are better than us in a physical match.

‘I’m disappointed with the last 30 minutes. We could win but at the end one point is enough.

‘They have to play in my character. We are not organised like this to play the long ball. I don’t want the long ball, I don’t want the second ball. I want to play with short passes — stop!’