José Mourinho: Chelsea should have had a chastisement ... but Kalou dived Football

José Mourinho directs his infantry opposite Chelsea. Photograph: Antonio Calanni/AP

José Mourinho, the Internazionale coach, has certified that Chelsea should have had a chastisement at San Siro last night, nonetheless he additionally indicted Salomon Kalou of "diving at the right moment" in a bid to mistreat the referee.

Kalou went down underneath a awkward plea from Walter Samuel only prior to half-time when the measure was 1-0 to the home side. The referee, Manuel González, waved afar the Chelsea protests with Kalou going on to grab an equaliser prior to Esteban Cambiasso easy Inter"s value forward of the second leg.

Kalou was discerning to impute to the incident post-match and whilst Mourinho supposed it ought to have been a spot-kick, he additionally claimed the Ivory Coast striker knew what he was you do when he strike the turf.

"We were a bit lucky," he told Sky Sports, "but Kalou was clever. He dived at the right moment. Normally it"s a penalty. The arbitrate looked over to the giant and the giant told him no."

Mourinho was happy to have eked out a slight lead prior to his eagerly-awaited lapse to Stamford Bridge. He added: "It"s an advantage. It"s opposite to go there with a pull or a improved than to go there in front.

"When the diversion starts at Stamford Bridge, in the initial second of the diversion Inter will be in the quarter-finals and Chelsea will be out. After that we will see, there will be an additional 90 mins but at the begin ... Mentally that is an advantage."

Mourinho was currently hailed by the Inter owner, Massimo Moratti, for removing the improved of Carlo Ancelotti.

"I had no doubts about my team. Knowing my players and, on top of all, meaningful Mourinho, who had rebuilt this compare well," Moratti pronounced on www.inter.it. "Putting on [Mario] Balotelli at the finish of the compare is standard of a manager who thinks about the most appropriate feat rather than about himself.

"He knows how to shift his group with opposite systems and shift it according to the situation."