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| Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho escaped an immediate one-match stadium ban from the FA |
The FA decided instead to fine the Portuguese £50,000 and give him a suspended one-match ban after Mourinho admitted that his comments did indeed breach Rule E3 of the FA Regulations.
A statement from the FA said: "The Chelsea manager was charged for misconduct following the game against Southampton on Saturday October 3, 2015.
"It was alleged his remarks constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a match official or match officials."
However, the one-match ban will only come into force if he is found guilty of a similar offence within a year.
Mourinho had feared the worst after making his comments, saying, "If the Football Association wants to punish me they can - they don't punish other managers."
He added that Chelsea officials, on the other hand, were "always punished".
It means he can take his place in the Stamford Bridge dugout on Saturday for the visit of Aston Villa as Chelsea bid to claw back the 10-point deficit that has opened up on Manchester City after four defeats in the opening eight Premier League matches.
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