Mourinho to face no further action for kicking water bottle at Crystal Palace

Mourinho to face no further action for kicking water bottle at Crystal Palace

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has escaped punishment from the Football Association after kicking a water bottle at Crystal Palace.

The Old Trafford manager sent the bottle into the stands during United’s thrilling 3-2 comeback win at Crystal Palace on Monday.

Press Association Sport understands the FA is satisfied the issue was handled at the time by the officials.

United were 2-0 down to the Eagles before hitting back and winning the game thanks to Nemanja Matic’s injury-time strike.

Before that Mourinho took his frustrations out on a water bottle and it landed in the crowd behind the dugout, although he immediately apologised to the Palace fans.

Mourinho was fined £16,000 and served a one-match ban last season after was sent to the stands for kicking a bottle during a 1-1 draw with  West Ham.

Speaking to Sky Sports after the Palace game Mourinho said: “It was empty. One thing is with a referee and another thing is the basic frustration with the game without any kind of aggressiveness and good fun with the people behind.

“Maybe they like me here because I keep saying this stadium and these fans are absolutely beautiful.”

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