For Jose Mourinho, each football game began in the pre-match press conference and didn't end until he delivered his sharpened barbs to the media after the 90-minute sideshow.
The lack of a video assistant referee (VAR) in the Carabao Cup semi-finals benefitted Pochettino's Chelsea. There was no opportunity for the referee to take another look at a clumsy challenge from Axel Disasi on Middlesbrough's Emmanuel Latte Lath in the opening minute of the first leg at the Riverside Stadium.
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