Jose Mourinho conceded that he deserved the yellow card he was shown during Wednesday's loss to Southampton as the Tottenham manager admitted that he was "rude to an idiot".
The Portuguese was cautioned by referee Mike Dean after entering the Southampton technical area as he approached a member of Ralph Hasenhuttl's staff and appeared to glance at a paper displaying Southampton's tactics.
And Mourinho admitted that he certainly deserved to be punished for his actions while adding a blatant dig in the process.
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"I was rude. But I was rude with an idiot," he told BT Sport.