Mourinho takes shot at Paris Saint-Germain's 'aggressive actions'

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is at it again.

The Portuguese bench boss used his pre-match press conference ahead of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain to voice his displeasure with the French side's style of play in the opening leg.

That contest from three weeks ago, which ended in a 1-1 draw, saw winger Eden Hazard on the receiving end of nine fouls - a record for a Champions League match.

Naturally, Mourinho brought it up.

"I was surprised in that game because a team with fantastic players was the team with the record of fouls, was the team that was making foul after foul, was the team that stopped Hazard with fouls every time, was the team attacking the player in possession with two or three players with very aggressive actions," Mourinho said.

"Even with players like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a typical attacking player, he was coming back and tackling Hazard from behind to stop counter-attacks.

"I thought an English team would never be surprised by aggressivity because of the aggressivity we have in our country.

"During this season we've played teams from the Championship and League One in the cups, a team from League Two, I think, Shrewsbury (in the League Cup), but the most aggressive team was Paris Saint-Germain.

"For me it was a real surprise. With players of such quality, I was expecting more football."

When a French reporter at the press conference suggested PSG had dominated the first leg of the tie, Mourinho used his trademark sarcasm to craft a response.

"It depends on your concept of football," he replied.

"What is dominate? If it's number of chances, yes, Paris had more chances than us. If dominate is to stop the opposition play, making foul after foul, then yes, they dominated.

"If dominate is to have the ball and move the ball without progression, yes they dominated. They dominated in everything except the result."