Jose Mourinho insists he gets treated differently to his managerial counterparts Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp.
The former Manchester United boss has had his fair share of run-ins with football’s governing body over the years.
He was given a stadium ban in 2015 and has fines from the Football Association amounting to £295,000.
And Mourinho has taken a shot at the alleged preferential treatment Liverpool manager Klopp and Manchester City chief Guardiola receive in comparison to him.
Klopp escaped with a fine for a crazy run on the pitch to celebrate Liverpool’s late winner against Everton in December, while Guardiola was warned by the FA over his scarf-throwing touchline meltdown against the Reds earlier this month.
Mourinho told beIN Sports: “People sometimes confuse passion with emotional control.
“I’ll give you an example where you know that I’m right, you know that I’m right.
“Similar situations with me and other managers – different consequences.
“When Mourinho behaved badly on the touchline, when Mourinho kicks a bottle, when Mourinho does this, when Mourinho does that, he’s out, he’s suspended, he’s paying for this.
“When Jurgen does, it’s passion. When Pep does, it’s passion. When Mourinho does, he’s out.
“Do you know that I had a stadium ban? I had to watch my team in the hotel without being in contact with my team.”
He continued: “It happened with me in the Stoke City v Chelsea game. Compare the behaviours.
“You are speaking about embarrassing my kids, they’re not kids anymore, they’re 19 and 22. Of course, I am different than I was 10 or 15 years ago.
“I think about things, I also think about the image and I think about the club. I try to behave in a certain way.
“People confuse that with lack of passion or with more passion. I just ask you to compare the same behaviours and the different consequences.”