Troy Parrott, the striker José Mourinho publicly scolded while they were at Tottenham Hotspur together, memorably brandishing the fan favorite ‘The Privileged One,’ just had to be the one who scored the goal that consigned ‘The Special One’ to the first Real Madrid defeat of his second spell.
Mourinho’s sharp tongue is legendary. “I think sometimes I can be very aggressive with my vocabulary,” the revered communicator admitted in his recent documentary. There was recognition but no recompense. Press conferences are “a place where I usually win,” he shrugged.