Jose Mourinho was involved in a bizarre exchange with Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk during the latter stages of the Istanbul derby. The former Chelsea boss was in the losing dugout as Fenerbahce slipped to a narrow defeat at the hands of their biggest rivals. Victor Osimhen scored two early goals from the penalty spot to hand victory to Galatasaray, with Sebastian Szymanski pulling one back for the hosts.

Tempers flared after the final whistle, with Mourinho and Buruk involved in an ugly exchange which prompted a scuffle on the pitch. The pair appeared to be discussing something when Mourinho grabbed the nose of his rival, sending him crashing to the floor. Buruk stayed on the ground clutching his face as Mourinho was pulled away by a member of his coaching team.

Both sets of players then got involved in a shoving match, with emotions running high in the aftermath of the incident. Police intervened to restore order and a total of four red cards were shown to the worst offenders.

Mert Hakan Yandas, Salvatore Foti, Kerem Demirbay, and Baris Alper Yilmaz were all dismissed for their involvement in the melee, though Mourinho escaped immediate punishment. He may well receive a retrospective ban.

It did not mark the first time that Mourinho had lashed out at an opposing manager. During his time in charge of Real Madrid, he poked Barcelona assistant coach Tito Vilanova in the eye during a ferocious touchline brawl.

The incident was not spotted by the referee, meaning it went unpunished as there was no VAR back then. Mourinho was later handed a two-match ban, applying to games in the Spanish Super Cup, which was eventually overturned.

A decade later, the Portuguese boss admitted that he was in the wrong and insisted that if he could turn back time and handle things differently, he would have done.

“I was the one in the wrong,” he said. “I shouldn’t have done what I did. Of course not, that negative image stays forever. Tito had nothing to do with it. I apologise to him.

“I was a victim of myself. If I could, this would be one of the things I would never repeat. Before that, I had been winning, winning and winning. I got into this state that if I wasn’t winning, it seemed like the end of the world to me.”

Earlier this season, Mourinho served a four-match ban and was fined £35,000 after he was accused of making discriminatory comments following a match against Galatasaray.

In a press conference after the game, he described the behaviour of the opposing bench as ‘jumping like monkeys’. Galatasaray later threatened to pursue legal action against Mourinho, who denied that his comments were discriminatory.