According to Diego Torres of El País, the players claim that José Mourinho refused to give the post-Espanyol press conference because he was upset that the fans were whistling at Ricardo Carvalho. In order not to make a public statement against them, he sent Aitor Karanka in his place. It seems he made a reference to the incident in today’s presser, “I would only ask more from [the fans] for the team’s sake, not mine, or for a player that may be having a rough time.”

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