LONDON -- Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed he would have been given a stadium ban if he had shoved Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger in their heated touchline confrontation at Stamford Bridge earlier this month.

Instead, it was Wenger who was the aggressor-in-chief in a confrontation that he later apologised for, with Mourinho previously stating no further action needed to be taken against the Frenchman. The Portuguese refused to shake hands with Wenger at the end of the game.

Yet when pressed on the incident by daily newspaper reporters at the club's Cobham training headquarters, Mourinho offered up what may be a more honest view of the incident that drew widespread reaction from around the football world.

"I gave you my reaction after the match, saying nothing had happened," stated Mourinho. "The reaction from everyone else was saying nothing had happened.

"Am I surprised he wasn't punished? I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised. Charged? Charged? If it was me, it would have been a stadium ban." Mourinho went on to offer some additional less than complimentary words towards the