MOURINHO FACES A LONG BAN AS UEFA CALL FOR RESPECT

upholding the highest standards of conduct on and off the pitch.”

Mourinho will face a bare minimum of a two-game touchline ban, but UEFA rules state he can be banned for a “specified period”.

He could even be suspended from the touchline for the whole of next season’s European Group stages.

UEFA are likely to take into consideration Mourinho’s poor previous disciplinary record and European football’s governing body are determined to send out a strong message.

Taylor has submitted his report of what happened at the match to UEFA while English football’s refereeing body, the PGMOL, have offered support to the official, who has been inundated with messages from fellow refs and from within football.

Taylor’s performance in the game has been praised internally at

UEFA while PGMOL boss Howard Webb was also in Budapest and is certain to have been impressed.

They have spoken to Taylor and he is believed to be in good spirits despite this week’s events. UEFA would almost certainly have given Taylor the Champions League final had Manchester City not been involved as he is regarded as among the very best.

Premier League bosses always lay on private transport for their officials, but Taylor and his family were on a commercial flight back from Hungary.

Meanwhile, Szymon Marciniak will remain as the referee for the Champions League final between Manchester City and Inter Milan in

Istanbul next Saturday after the Polish official apologised for speaking at an event organised by far-right leader Slawomir Mentzen.