The sisterhood are railing against Jose Mourinho for castigating Chelsea’s lady medic after her impetuous rush on to the Stamford Bridge pitch, which reduced Chelsea to eight outfield players for the crucial closing moments of Saturday’s Premier League draw against Swansea. Whatever the merits of the argument, the accusations that Mourinho is sexist are specious. Chelsea’s manager is very much the family man. He adores his wife Matilde; he loves his daughter, of the same name, and son Jose. He is polite and charming in mixed company. Dr Eva Carneiro’s hasty reaction to a foul on Eden Hazard did oblige the referee to order Chelsea’s best player to the touchline once he had been treated, no matter how superficially. And they were already down to ten men following a red card to their goalkeeper.Jose Mourinho will have the support of many for his assertion that she put the team at risk of conceding a late, losing goalJake Livermore lost a new-born daughter and was suffering from depression when he failed a drugs testThe immediate reaction is to forgive Hull City's England midfield player almost anything, his positive test for cocaine includedWhen Rory McIlroy teed off after his ankle injury, he struck a blow for sanity in the mad, mad world of celebrity
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