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Jose Mourinho and Son Heung-min were subjected to verbal taunts recently, but when do football fans go too far?

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There is cause to deploy a platoon of padres teaching the “good book” to Stamford Bridge before the congregation’s next verbal taunt of former manager Jose Mourinho.

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The Special One was loudly ridiculed as a “Judas” for managing hated rivals Manchester United during Chelsea’s 1-0 victory in the FA Cup quarter-finals.

Hang on. Wasn’t Mourinho sacked twice by the Londoners? Did he not have to find a new job to put food on the table?

How does that make him a Judas, the supergrass disciple who betrayed Jesus to the Romans for 30 pieces of silver?

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho (left) and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. Photo: Reuters
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho (left) and Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. Photo: Reuters
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Clearly this is a case of mixed fables and an acute deficit of ecclesiastic understanding. On the contrary, if anyone should be declared an unpleasant person it should be the likes of Eden Hazard and the other gaggle of back stabbers who turned Brutus-like and forced Mourinho out for a second time.

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