Furious Mourinho holds up pictures of ref errors after Madrid derby defeat

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho held up pictures of refereeing errors following 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid; Mourinho claimed referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias couldn't "cope with the pressure"; he claimed Cristian Romero and Lee Kang-in should have both been sent off

Jose Mourinho held up pictures of two tackles to the media in his post-match news conference after Real Madrid's 2-1 La Liga defeat to Atletico Madrid.

Mourinho strongly criticised the officials and was angry that Atletico defender Cristian Romero ‌ was not sent off for a stamp on Jude Bellingham .

He also complained about a challenge by Lee Kang-in on Federico Valverde , before the visitors were reduced to 10 men five minutes after half-time.

"We could skip the press conference because the story of the match is right here," ​Mourinho said, holding up the images in what was the start of a near ‌five-minute rant.

"Those were two clear red cards. The difficulties we've faced since the sending-off - 11 against 10 - well, we can imagine what 50 ​minutes of 11 against nine would have been like if justice had been done."

Real defender Dean Huijsen was dismissed for bringing down Giuliano Simeone inside the area as the last defender, allowing Alejandro Grimaldo to ​score with a low spot-kick.

Jonathan David doubled Atletico's lead six minutes later, ⁠with Antonio Rudiger heading in a free-kick late ⁠to reduce the deficit.

Mourinho said he could only "hug" his players after what he described as a first half "full of class and great character", but he aimed sharp ‌criticism at referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias and those who appointed him.

"They've put a referee, aged 41, with no international experience - it's certainly not because he's a great referee," Mourinho said.

"Then the poor chap has come ‌here and hasn't been able to cope with the pressure - and it really is intense pressure. I call it '80s-style pressure' here in this stadium, which you hardly ever see these days."

Asked about being six points behind Barcelona, Mourinho offered a pointed reply.

"If they just leave us in peace and let us compete on a level playing field ⁠with everyone else, we've still got a long way to go," he said.

"I don't ​want to go so far as to say this was set up... I ​want to believe that they simply made a mistake."