Wenger, Mourinho “fight” on the bridge: Who is at fault?

Fighting on the bridge could be a dangerous affair as the risk of falling is quite high. But mortal enemies, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho did not think about that as their long running feud turned physical on Sunday. As their teams battled each other on the Stamford Bridge’s "wider" playing field, the two managers pushed and shoved each other on the "thinner" Stamford Bridge touchline.

It is no more news that Wenger and Mourinho, ended up shoving each other on the touchline within the first 20 minutes of the London derby which Chelsea eventually won 2-0. The managers had disagreed over a tackle by Chelsea defender Gary Cahill on Arsenal forward, Alexis Sanchez.

We saw Wenger push Mourinho in the chest to stop him from remonstrating to fourth official Jon Moss. Mourinho, then reacts, pushing back aggressively and telling Wenger to 'back off'. After Moss intervened, Referee Martin Atkinson was then called over to have words with the two managers, who, surprisingly, were not sent off.

While we await the FA’s disciplinary verdict on the two managers, we also look at what actually transpired.

It was clear that the trouble started because Wenger crossed over to Chelsea's side  to complain to the fourth official.

Asked after the match if he regretted the tiff, Wenger said: “No. What is to regret after that?
“I wanted to go from A to B and somebody confronted me in between without any sign of welcome”

Mourinho’s story: “But the technical area is very clear - I have mine, he has his and he cannot come to mine, especially to put pressure on the referee to give a red card to my player.

“So I just told him "leave my technical area and don't come back please”.

Mourinho, who could be in more trouble for walking on to the pitch to tell the referee that his goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, was injured, however said it was no big deal that the Arsenal boss put his hand on him. “No, it is no problem. For me, it’s over”.

So, who is at fault?