CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho suggested that Ashley Barnes should be handed a six-match ban during a surprise appearance on television yesterday.

Matic was sent off for his reaction to a challenge with Barnes in the 70th minute of Burnley’s 1-1 draw at Chelsea on Saturday, but referee Martin Atkinson did not award a foul against the Burnley player.

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Mourinho had little to say in a bizarre post-match press conference, simply listing the minutes in which the key moments of the game happened.

That included a first-half challenge from Barnes on Branislav Ivanovic that he also felt warranted a red card.

But he was much more forthcoming when he made an impromptu appearance on Goals on Sunday on Sky Sports - a network he had strongly criticised for their coverage of Diego Costa’s stamp on Liverpool’s Emre Can last month, when replays of the incident carried the strapline ‘Costa’s crimes’.

Costa was later handed a retrospective three-match ban.

Mourinho said: “I would like to know how to you, Sky Sports, describe the actions of the Burnley player?

“When you think ‘Diego crimes’ after he puts his boot on a hand, the minimum you have to say is ‘criminal tackle’. When Diego Costa has a three-match ban, probably three matches to Matic... tell me how many matches this player deserves?

“Yesterday I asked a couple of friends that were having dinner with me and my family at my house.

“You know what they were saying? Minimum three for the first one (on Ivanovic) and three for the second one (on Matic).

“This can be end of career. Matic is a lucky guy.

“I can’t find the word to describe what that player did. I can clearly understand that football is about emotions and sometimes you lose emotions.

“Matic had a reason to lose his emotions. What could be the consequence of his push for the other player? Nothing. The consequence for Matic could be end of career.”

Mourinho referenced the opening game of the season when Costa was booked for going down under a Tom Heaton challenge at Turf Moor, as well as an incident during Barnes’ Brighton days when the forward was given a seven-match ban for attempting to trip a referee.

He said: ‘The Burnley player that was involved in the two actions, he has a very dark point in his career when he was at Brighton and he was suspended for seven matches because of a big incident with a referee.

“Should this player be chased because of what he did in the past? I don’t think so. When people look to these two incidents, to have a fair decision I don’t think it should be in relation to his history.

“When I see Diego Costa on day one in the Premier League (against Burnley) and there is a penalty and red card to the goalkeeper but it resulted in a free kick and a yellow card against Diego Costa.

“I think Diego changed country but he brought with him in the eyes of the officials his past.

“This is clearly not fair.”

Mourinho also felt his side should have had two penalties in the first half - one as Ivanovic’s shot struck Michael Kightly’s arm, the other when Costa went down under Jason Shackell’s challenge.

“At half time, Burnley should be playing with 10 men and Chelsea should have two penalties,” he said.

“Normally, we win 3-0 or - let’s put in the possibility of missing one of the penalties - we win 2-0 and play against 10 men. The reality is that in the end, we play with 10 men and lost two points.

“The arm (Michael Kightly’s) stopped the ball from hitting the target. There is no space for interpretation. He’s far away - he’s not a metre or a few inches. The ball is hitting the target.

“For me, it’s a penalty everywhere.

“There are some incidents in matches when there is a space for discussion, when there is a space for different opinions.

“I can’t imagine that the four incidents in this game are open to interpretation for anybody.”

Asked whether he had spoken to Atkinson, Mourinho said: “Yes, I spoke to the referee. Mr Atkinson told me he didn’t have the chance to see it on TV. He said any one of the four incidents I spoke about with him he didn’t see. Or he saw what he decided.

“So for him there was no reason for a card in the first action. No reason for a penalty and no reason for a card in the second moment.”