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Tottenham's Mourinho: Other managers aren't punished like me

Jose Mourinho has urged officials to clamp down on Jurgen Klopp if necessary when Tottenham Hotspur host Liverpool in Thursday's Premier League clash after reiterating his claim that other managers are shown more leniency for their touchline behaviour.

The Spurs boss clashed with his Liverpool counterpart Klopp following the reverse fixture in December, exchanging angry words at full-time before Mourinho suggested afterwards that: "If I behave the same way on the touchline, I do not stay there."

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Mourinho was careful not to mention Klopp by name but asked whether he expected anything different when the two teams face each other again in north London, he said: "You know, in my case, I felt an evolution.