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Mourinho avoids UEFA ban after water bottle antics

Jose Mourinho will not be sanctioned by UEFA following his bottle-throwing antics at the end of Manchester United's 1-0 win over Young Boys on Tuesday.

The Portuguese chose to celebrate Marouane Fellaini's 91st-minute winner against the Swiss club by picking up a crate containing 10 drinks bottles and hurling it to the floor.

It's not the first time Mourinho has taken his frustration out on a water bottle.

Asked why he had acted the way he did when his side had just clinched victory against Young Boys – and qualified for the round of 16 – Mourinho said: "Relief. Frustration before that, then relief.

"We didn't play for that, we didn't play for 0-0 or to be in trouble until the last minute.

"Frustration, I was not unhappy with the players, not at all, frustrated we couldn't score, yes, but my players were very tired in end and that's what I love, it means they gave everything.

"They had moments of good football, hypothetical beautiful goals, but then also moments of pressure, a lack of confidence that frustrated us.

"In the end we scored. I united the goal with David [de Gea]'s save. Without that save there's no winning goal. 

"In the end we qualify with one game in hand. We suffered a lot, but we did it."