CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho has branded Ashley Barnes' tackle on Nemanja Matic "criminal" in a lengthy attack on refereeing standards and media coverage during an impromptu appearance on Sky Sports this morning.

Matic was sent off for his reaction to Barnes' tackle in the 70th minute, but the Burnley player went unpunished in the 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Mourinho had little to say in his post-match press conference, simply listing the key moments in the game - including a first-half challenge from Barnes on Branislav Ivanovic.

He added: "If you look at these moments you know exactly what I think about the game."

But he was much more forthcoming when he made a surprise appearance on Goals on Sunday on Sky Sports - a network he had strongly criticised for their coverage of Diego Costa's stamp on Liverpool's Emre Can last month, when replays of the incident carried the strapline 'Costa's crimes'.

Costa was later handed a retrospective three-match ban.

Taking the opportunity to turn the tables, Mourinho used a question about Barnes' tackle to repeat his complaint.

"When I finished at the game against Liverpool, I went to the dressing room and the first thing I saw on the big screen, reading non-stop - 'Diego Costa crimes'," he said.

"I would like to know how to you, Sky Sports, describe the actions of the Burnley player yesterday? My English is not good enough to find a word.

"When you think 'Diego crimes' after he puts his boot on a hand, when this is 'Diego crimes', the minimum you have to say is 'criminal tackle'.

"Did you apologise to Chelsea, to Diego or myself? You didn't. As an institution, Sky is so important in the Premier League, you never apologise.

"When Diego Costa has a three-match ban, probably three matches to Matic... tell me how many matches this player deserves?

"Mr Atkinson did not see anything. This is about footage, and analyse. I ask if Matic is going to get a three-match ban, if Diego got three matches, how many matches this player gets? I'm asking you. I'm asking the people at home.

"Yesterday I asked a couple of friends that were having dinner with me and my family at my house.

"You know what they were saying? Minimum three for the first one (on Ivanovic) and three for the second one (on Matic)."

Mourinho was fined £25,000 by the Football Association in January for claiming there was a "campaign" in the media against Chelsea, but maintained his attack on coverage.

"I don't like the fact you start immediately, in that moment, the public judgement of the player," he added with regard to the Costa coverage. "You gave no space to the people that have to decide, the pressure was so much.

"You don't do this with every club, with every player.

"You don't do this with every club, with every player. Last year, Yaya Toure against Norwich, you didn't have the same approach; (Robin) van Persie against West Ham, you didn't have the same approach.

"This one (on Saturday) was even worse. This can be end of career. Matic is a very lucky guy."