Jose Mourinho has said the yellow card he received during Tottenham's 1-0 Premier League defeat at Southampton was "fair," because he was "rude to an idiot."
Spurs coach Mourinho was booked by referee Mike Dean on 77 minutes after the Portuguese approached the Southampton bench.
Mourinho seemed to cause an argument by making a comment to members of Southampton's coaching staff, leading Dean to present the yellow card to the former Manchester United boss, who nodded in agreement.
"I clearly deserved the yellow card as I was rude," Mourinho said after the game.
"But I was rude to an idiot.