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Mourinho insists he would be 'stadium banned' if he were Pearson, Wenger

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Mourinho calls for disciplinary consistency (1:50)

Jose Mourinho questions consistency of disciplinary decisions as Chelsea get ready to take on Everton. (1:50)

Jose Mourinho has declined to comment on Leicester boss Nigel Pearson avoiding sanction for his touchline grapple with Crystal Palace midfielder James McArthur, but did draw comparisons to his clash with Arsene Wenger at Stamford Bridge last October.

"I have only thoughts about myself, not about Nigel," he said, repeating his claim made two weeks after the incident that he would have been given a stadium ban had he been the perpetrator, rather than the victim, of Wenger's push.

"If I push a manager in my technical area, you know that I will be stadium banned," Mourinho said.

"We all know. Why? We don't know. You can't say we don't know why, but I think we all know that if I do something like that I would be serious, serious trouble."

The Blues boss was fined 25,000 pounds last month for saying there was a "clear campaign" against Chelsea after the December draw at Southampton.

Mourinho is not the only manager to have his comments scrutinised as Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal was charged for his comments after the FA Cup draw at League Two Cambridge.

The Chelsea manager added: "I can be very defensive and say nothing, or I can be myself and say what I feel.

"And then there is a line where you never know the way they (the FA) analyse it and they think you can or can't say that.

"Press conferences, especially after matches, are very, very difficult for us."