Jose Mourinho slams referee after Roma's latest humiliation - "shows you the level"

Jose Mourinho slammed the referee and Bodo/Glimt's artificial pitch after Roma were humiliated by the Norwegian minnows for the third time this season.

The Giallorossi lost 2-1 in their Europa Conference League quarter-final first leg, despite leading at half-time through Lorenzo Pellegrini 's opener. After historically hammering Roma 6-1 in the group phase, Bodo/Glimt once again shocked the Italian giants by coming from behind to claim victory thanks to Ulrik Saltnes' equaliser and Hugo Vetlesen's 89th-minute winner.

Mourinho's latest humiliation left him fuming and his anger was directed at Dutch official Serdar Gozubuyuk, just as he criticised a different referee when the two teams drew 2-2 in their second group-stage meeting. "When we played in Rome against them, there were two very clear penalties for us that the referee did not see," the 52-year-old reaffirmed to Sky Sport Italia post-match.

"While today there were two moves that were flagged offside and the first half ended with a ridiculous situation as the offside flag was up on a throw-in, which shows you the level."

Not only was Gozubuyuk on the end of the Mourinho's wrath, but the 'Special One' was also unhappy with Bodo/Glimt's plastic pitch, as Roma defender Gianluca Mancini was forced off with a knee injury, being replaced by ex- Manchester United centre-back Chris Smalling with the scores at 1-1.

"The two goals were from a set play and a deflection. We score a lot of goals from set play too, but it's a good one to score, a bad one to concede. The first goal was ridiculous," Mourinho admitted. "To be honest, the thing that worries me the most is the injury for Mancini. It's a concern, it's something caused by playing on a plastic turf.

"We lost