Jose Mourinho has avoided apologising to Dr Eva Carneiro after opening up about their infamous touchline row for the first time in over a decade.
The former Chelsea boss has spoken about the incident in his new three-part Netflix docu-series titled MOURINHO, which marks the first time he has done so since agreeing a settlement with the club’s former doctor in 2016.
During a Premier League clash with Swansea City at the start of the 2015-16 season, Mourinho hit the roof when Carneiro and physio Jon Fearn went onto the pitch to treat Eden Hazard, who had gone down seemingly injured.
Dr Carneiro claimed that Mourinho sexually discriminated against her during his tirade and called her the ‘daughter of a wh***’ in his native Portuguese.
Back in 2015, Mourinho called her ‘impulsive and naive’ in his first public reaction to her decision to treat Hazard. She was then dropped from first-team duties and left the club just a month later.
Mourinho and Chelsea eventually agreed a settlement after Carneiro took them to a tribunal over claims that she was discriminated against by the manager, and constructively dismissed by the club.
Jose Mourinho had an infamous touchline spat with Dr Eva Carneiro during a Chelsea match in 2015
The 63-year-old has spoken up about the incident for the first time in over a decade in Netflix’s new three-part docu-series MOURINHO
But 11 years on, Mourinho believes he treated Carneiro in the same manner that he would treat a male doctor.
‘For me, a lady doctor is the same as a man’s doctor,’ Mourinho said in the docu-series. ‘So, as always, I use my vocabulary when I’m not happy.
‘There are words in moments where the tension is very, very high. Normally, people with football culture, with football DNA, with football background, they go over it in one second. In that case, it was different.’
Hazard, who played under the now-63-year-old for two years, claimed ‘it was nothing special’ in the documentary, which is set to air on Tuesday, but ‘with Jose everything is bigger’.
Footage shows that the Portuguese coach, who is now Real Madrid manager, shouted a whole host of expletives toward Carneiro and Fearn as they treated Hazard. He screamed phrases such as ‘f*** off, man’ and ‘f*** you, man’.
‘I’m not a doctor, but my eyes know when a player is injured, and they know when a player is not injured,’ Mourinho said in the docu-series.
‘I knew that he was not injured, but the doctors went to the pitch, and in that moment we were left with nine players.’
Hazard was forced to come off the pitch for a brief period, as is the rule when a player receives medical treatment, leaving Chelsea with nine men after Thibaut Courtois had been sent off.
John Terry, who was Chelsea’s captain during both of Mourinho’s stints at Stamford Bridge, claimed it was well known by both players and staff that the manager did not want his
Speaking in MOURINHO, he said: ‘Medically, he would say unless it’s really, really bad, then they’re [the team doctors] not coming on. That was the understanding for us as players; the medical staff, everyone bought into that.
‘It was a big moment obviously and he took a lot of backlash for that. There was a lot of heat on the football club.’
Carneiro left Chelsea one month after the incident after being dropped from first-team duties
Mourinho agreed a settlement with the club’s former doctor after going to tribunal
Chelsea gave Dr Carneiro an unreserved apology, but Mourinho refused to say sorry and grinned as he left the tribunal.
A deal was done in a back corridor of the court and Chelsea then issued a statement saying it ‘regretted the circumstances’ which led to former club doctor leaving and ‘apologises unreservedly to her and her family for the distress caused’.
The terms of the settlement remain secret, but during the tribunal it was revealed that Chelsea had previously offered £1.2million to silence Carneiro.
Mourinho did not apologise after the incident or at the tribunal and there were no signs of an apology in the docu-series either.
The three-part documentary combs through the career of Mourinho, covering the various highs and lows from his three decades in the professional game, from his winning mentality and undeniable ability to secure silverware to his many, many controversies.
Terry and Frank Lampard are just two of a host of Mourinho’s former players who provide anecdotes and insight into the manager, who has won 26 major trophies during his career on the touchline.
