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West Ham boss David Moyes vows not to lose his cool in Europa Conference League final, just days after Jose Mourinho labelled referee Anthony Taylor a 'f***ing disgrace' for his performance in Roma's penalty shootout defeat against Sevilla

West Ham boss David Moyes says he will try not to lose his cool like Jose Mourinho in his Europa League final meltdown but concedes it is hard to contain your feelings as a manager.

Moyes suffered his own meltdown in the Europa League semi-finals against Eintracht Frankfurt last year when he was red carded for booting the ball at a ballboy. Declan Rice also received a ban after accusing the Spanish referee Jesus Gil Manzano of corruption following their 1-0 defeat.

Mourinho won the Europa Conference League last year with Roma – crying while celebrating afterwards – and speaking ahead of facing Fiorentina in the final, Moyes said: ‘We’ve hopefully learned some lessons from our journey last year.