It wouldn’t be a proper Manchester derby without some drama after the final whistle, and Jose Mourinho almost always delivers.

The blue half of the city were left celebrating after a 2-1 victory, and ‘the Special One’, as Mourinho dubbed himself all those years ago during his Chelsea tenure, clearly felt that City were overdoing the celebration.

Reports on what happened next vary, but we’ll go with the Telegraph’s account first:

…Mourinho was involved in a furious dressing-room bust-up with Manchester City goalkeeper Ederson as the Manchester derby descended into acrimony.

Sources claimed the Manchester United manager had milk and water thrown at him after the spat with Ederson [below].

Mourinho was thought to have gone to the door of City’s dressing room to ask their players to show more respect amid apparent disappointment over the way the Premier League leaders were celebrating their 2-1 win, as music blared from the visiting team dressing room.

But a war of words ended up breaking out at that point with Mourinho and Ederson believed to have been yelling at each other in Portuguese as a melee ensued involving players from both sides. There were even reports that Mourinho was hit on the head with a plastic water bottle, with security staff eventually forced to intervene.

Always amusing how such monstrous weekly pay packets can’t stop footballers behaving like playground children.

The Guardian reporting on actual bloodshed:

…Mikel Arteta, one of Pep Guardiola’s assistants, was left with blood streaming down his face.

Arteta’s [below] eyebrow was split open during a melee in a narrow corridor outside City’s dressing room and there were unconfirmed reports that another member of Guardiola’s backroom staff needed medical treatment after a confrontation sparked by José Mourinho…

Mourinho became embroiled in a row with Ederson, City’s Brazilian goalkeeper, who was standing just inside the dressing-room door and the two started shouting insults at one another in Portuguese. Mourinho is said to have accused Ederson of play-acting to waste time and then reverted to English, screaming “you fucking show respect. Who are you?”

I’m just picturing Arteta writing around on the ground, hamming up the injury like footballers love to do, with milk and water flying around the place.

Romelu Lukaku had himself a bit of a stinker on the pitch, missing a great chance and playing a part in both of City’s goals, and that frustration looks to have boiled over:

Other players became involved and Romelu Lukaku was said to be prominently involved as the confrontation escalated into something much more serious, described by one person on the scene as being reminiscent of a pub fight.

All that nonsense aside, Mourinho was his usual self at the post-match press conference – which is to say he was full of excuses:

“Manchester City are a very good team and they are protected by the luck, and the gods of football are behind them,” Mourinho said.

“My first reaction is I feel sorry for referee Michael Oliver because he had a very good match but unfortunately he made an important mistake.

“It is like last season, exactly the same. You can speak about anything you want, you can bring any football theory, you can bring the stats, the ball possession, you can bring everything you want but, like last season, it is a huge penalty in a crucial moment of the game.

That ‘mistake’ he is talking about was a challenge on Ander Herrera in the 79th minute, which saw the United player booked for diving.

Shame, Jose, because you guys can never catch a break…

I support Newcastle, by the way, so my set of worries tends to focus on the other end of the Premier League table.

BONUS – I’ll tell you who else didn’t have a Super Sunday. Check out Jurgen Klopp’s post-match interview, with things really kicking off from around 1:30…

[sources:telegraph&guardian]