Jose Mourinho blasted the referee and VAR officials after Fenerbahce crashed out of the Europa League to Rangers on penalties.
The experienced manager claimed his side should have had three penalties in the 120 minutes before the shoot-out at Ibrox on Thursday night.
Niether ref Espen Eskas or VAR Pol van Boekel adjudged Fenerbahce players ot have been fouled in the box with no reviews advised during the fixture.
And Mourinho even referenced his previous suspension for directing abusive language at Anthony Taylor during the Europa League final in 2023.
Mourinho was served a four-match suspension back then, and cited the punishment as he appeared to suggest decisions may have gone against his sides in the time since as a result - before adding he hoped decisions were "just random".
In his post-match interview, Mourinho said: "The ref and the VAR, they decided that we should go to penalties because three penalties within 120 minutes...
"Then on the penalties we missed three and Rangers go through, congratulations to them."
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Pushed on his remarks relating to his previous suspension and any impact it could have, he added: "The fourth official was a nice guy, he was not arrogant like the referee.
"The only thing that I hope is that everything that happened to my team in European competition this season is not a consequence of the Budapest final, I hope it is just random.
"Since that final, since my suspension, the things that happened to us...we didn't play Champions League because of a penalty in minute 120 that only the VAR saw.
"We didn't win against Manchester United with a penalty that everybody saw, in the VAR they didn't.
"We come here and this guy is considered one of the best VAR, some guy from Holland, Van Boekel. He didn't see one of three penalties.
"I just hope it is random. I got that suspension, I paid for the suspension and I hope it is over."
On the performance of his players, Mourinho said: "Best team on the pitch by far, not by close by far.
"We deserved to win over 90 minutes, we deserved to win over 120 minutes.
"We were the best team by far."
