Mourinho lashes out at Chelsea critics Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness

Jose Mourinho has launched a scathing attack on television pundits Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness following their comments after Chelsea's Champions League exit at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain.

Carragher labelled the behaviour of Chelsea's players 'disgraceful' after they surrounded referee Bjorn Kuipers prior to Zlatan Ibrahimovic's red card in the first half, while Souness condemned the conduct as "pathetic" and "not the British way”.

Speaking at his press conference on Friday, Mourinho said: "I’m not like you [the media]. I’m not like people in your area - the nature of your job is you go with the wind, the wind blows to that side you go to that side, the wind blows to the other side you go to the other side.

"I’m not like that with my players. I like my players and I trust my players when I win and when I lose. I can’t be like the wind, so I support my players. We win together and we lose together.

"You know, the world is a bit strange, maybe because of diet and the quality of the products we are eating, because memories are getting shorter. When Jamie Carragher and Graeme Souness speak about it, it’s because they’re having a problem."

Mourinho insisted he acted gracefully after the game and made a point of congratulating everyone in the PSG camp.

"The game finished, I was in the tunnel and one-by-one - not just the players, the coaches, everyone - I shook their hands, told them they deserved [to win], good luck for the future. This is the way we behave after a defeat," he added.

"This is the way I am and the way I work. I’m not like people want me to be, the way people sometimes like to describe me. Jamie stopped playing a couple of years ago and in two years he forgot everything he did on the pitch.

"Mr Souness also forgot but he stopped playing quite a long time [ago], and he also forgets that a couple of years after he left Benfica I coached there. I know a lot about him.

"I learned so much about him but also a certain kind of education, not just in football but also in life. So I prefer to laugh and say that envy is the biggest tribute that the shadows give to the man."

When asked if Chelsea have any new injury worries, Mourinho added: "Everybody wants to play. Nobody is doing like some journalists do where they write bulls**t and then the next press conference they don’t come."