The victim should have had a concealed carry permit, right? He could have protected himself, like UT Austin students.

It can’t be okay when Mourinho does it, or when pundits rightly point out that provocation will be a career-long tactic for defenders facing players like Suárez and Mario Balotelli who’ve shown themselves susceptible to it, and at the same time be tantamount to treason when Costa attempts some of the same shenanigans…

I used to be a Chelsea fan. I lived for 6-months, over 20 years ago, right opposite Stamford Bridge. This was the Ken Bates era, and Chelsea was a fun club to support. It was small but growing, and as the EPL was taking off, it was doing a pretty good job of attracting European stars - Vialli, Gullit, Zola,…

Please stop this lauding of this guys actions as some sort of evil genius, who is somehow just playing within some sort of shit stirring tradition. He is a jackass who managed to turn what should have been a competitive match into a clown show. This was not just bad sportsmanship this was bad entertainment.

I do not have a dog in this fight (BvB!), but there are few things better in the sport - outside of the actual game - than world-class jackass Mourinho consistently annoying the effete Mr. Wenger.

When I find out someone is a Chelsea fan I always wonder why they didn’t find a more acceptable calling like child molester or KKK member.

This boy will be the chosen one!