Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been fined 8 000 pounds after admitting an improper conduct charge for his behaviour in Saturday's Premier League game against Cardiff City, the FA said.
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Mourinho was sent to the Stamford Bridge stands by Anthony Taylor 20 minutes from the end of the 4-1 win for protesting to the referee after becoming increasingly frustrated at what he perceived to be Cardiff's time-wasting tactics.
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"If I was at that game and I was paying my ticket I would be worried with the fact that every time the ball was out or stopped and our opponent had to put the ball back in the game, it took a minimum of 21.5 seconds," Mourinho said at the time.
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"That is a waste of money. You pay your ticket and every time the game stops you have to wait about half a minute? When you multiply that by the number of times the game was stopped ... you pay for 90 minutes but you see 55 or 60."
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The FA said in a statement on Thursday that the fine was the standard penalty for the offence.