The head coach of Manchester United Jose Mourinho insists that under the "clown" had in mind in the past, and journalists are guilty of escalating his conflict with Comte.

Jose Mourinho said this week that if he "does not behave like a clown near the edge, it does not mean that he lost his past passion for the game".

The media suggested that Jose had in mind the famous for his excessive expression of Antonio Conte. The Italian in response to this said that "sometimes people forget how they behaved in the past" and perhaps, someone has senile dementia. When asked about whom Conte has in mind, the club's press secretary answered: "I think it's obvious".

However, Jose states that he did not want to hurt the Italian, but only talked about himself.

"I do not blame Comte. Fair. I do not blame him. I think the press should apologize to me and to him. Because the question asked to him was fundamentally wrong and led Antonio out of himself, "- quotes Mourinho The Guardian.

"I was asked about my passion and I talked about myself. And then there was the question to the Chelsea manager that I said he was acting like a clown. Perhaps, the journalist wanted to say this, but he did not have the courage and he said that this is what Mourinho says ".

"I understand his reaction. I talked about myself, about the fact that I do not need to act like a clown to show passion. Now I control my emotions better. Everyone knows, I do not need the Chelsea coach to tell me that I made mistakes in the past. Probably, in the future I will do them too. I celebrated goals, running 50 meters. I celebrated goals, rolling on my knees. I celebrated, jumping into the crowd. It's not alien to me, especially if my team scores the winning goal at a special moment. I can not restrain emotions ".

"I tried to say that several times I behaved not in the best way, but now I am holding myself more in my hands. And this does not mean that my passion is no longer such. So the wrong question led to such an answer, and I do not blame him for it. To finish the story, I want to say: yes, I made mistakes in the past, now there are fewer, but they are. What never happened and does not happen to me, it's disqualification for the contract matches. With me this will never happen ".

Thus, Mourinho again touched Conte, who was disqualified for 4 months for the fact that in 2011 he did not report on the contractual match of his Siena. Later, Conte was acquitted in this case.

Journalists asked Mourinho to clarify whether he meant Conte, to which the Portuguese replied: "What, I'm sorry?".

Then representatives of the media told that Conte was once disqualified for such.

"He was? I'm not".

Manchester United Mourinho is now fighting with Chelsea Conte for second place in the Premier League, ahead of the "blue" by 1 point. From Man City "red devils" fall behind by 15 points.