Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino repeatedly said 'you know what you are' when he furiously confronted referee Mike Dean after his side's 2-1 defeat by Burnley last month.
Pochettino has since been given a two-game touchline ban and a £10,000 fine by the FA, who published the reasoning behind the sanction on Tuesday.
In his account, Dean said: 'At the conclusion of the game I was approached on the field of play by the Tottenham Hotspur head coach Mauricio Pochettino and some members of his coaching staff including First team coach Jesus Perez.
'Mr Pochettino acted in a very irresponsible and aggresive (sic) manner. He wouldn't stop saying 'you know what you are, you know what you are'. I asked him to explain and he repeated 'you know what you are'.
'I then said on numerous occasions to go away, at least 10 times, and he wouldn't get out of my personnel (sic) space and then aggresively (sic) pointed his finger just a few inches from my face again saying 'you know what you are'.
'Mr. Pochettino then left me alone and left the field of play. When I reached the tunnel he was waiting at the top of the stairs again saying 'you know what you are' and had to be escorted to the dressing room by security staff from Burnley.'
Pochettino was quick to publicly apologise for his conduct but it was not enough to save him from a two-match touchline ban, which started on Saturday in the 2-1 defeat by Southampton.
Speaking prior to the match at St Mary's, Pochettino said of his sanction: 'I am a little bit in shock because I think it's completely unfair.
'But what can I do now? Nothing. We still don't know the reasons because the letter [of explanation] still hasn't arrived.
'I know very well that it wasn't the idea to appeal, because in my mind it wasn't a big deal. Of course it wasn't the best way to complain or talk with the referee, but I never expected this type of situation, that for me is not fair. I need to see the reasons why, and then we'll see what happens.'
waymnors
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Breaking News: I just got call from the FA saying Mike Dean call Poch 'Bottler Coach of the year'. What a cracker men!!!!
Cizcelpz
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but Mike is our enemy.
lanaeinpt
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You know who are.
RedCaveDevil
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Mike Dean has always been a prick. Maybe that’s what Poch wanted to say. “You know what you are. A prick.”
potatoe
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Mike Dean's reply, " at least I'm not a bottler "
podcast
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I'd love to know what Dean said to Poch for such a strong reaction. Think we should know.
Jamesparker
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Is this fill in the blank time? Mike Dean is a ....
JAMESRMA10
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We all know what he is and it begins with C
jealousy
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Mike Dean needs to learn how to spell.
Foliage
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So what is he ?
Sharing
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Everyone knows what Dean is, a terrible referee that should not be in the Premier League.
dusky
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And what was it that Mike Dean said to them? Would love to know as in the video you can clearly hear Jesus Perez clearly say 'You can't say that, say it again'... Mike Dean clearly incited the incident but yet us fans aren't allowed to hear the recording.
12UnitedGuyReborn
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English referees are biased sometimes and for Poch to be that angry means Dean really annoyed him and officiated unfairly wish Spurs the best
Keenlyroos
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That was their title hopes bottled from there on out. Neither he nor Spurs can cope with the pressure.
Postman
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Obviously you don't have to have good grammar to be a ref!
Jeff19960
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Ever since the Mike Dean is a Spurs fan accusations, he has gone out of his way to give Spurs bad decisions over and over and over. Should not be a Premier League referee.
Roerdlizese
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Mike dean is a rat. He should be a ref in league 1 not the premier league.
dangerou
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And Dean will continue to officiate at this level I expect. Obviously I'm biased but Dean must've said *something* provocative to make Poch go at him like that. Especially as you can clearly see Poch asking him to repeat whatever he said to the camera.
knackereda
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What about Mike Dean?
Cynthiares
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It’s surprising they haven’t released details on it. Whether this is harsh or not depends on what Dean said really. We all know Dean can be a right bellend, but they just have deemed what he said to be harmless for this to be so extreme.
IbukunPeter
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some say poch is still saying "you know who u are"
Lol
combination
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I know what you aahr, okay, I know what you aahr and I know what yere nawht.
languidc
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Do we know what Dean said?
Tommylus
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When you come at the king you best not miss.
Richarder
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Mike Dean is controversial every year. FA needs to trim the fat
Enocheric
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What a joke that is. I suppose Silva will also get a 2-match ban?
kookiss
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What he said wrong, though.
introduc
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Poch: "You know what you are." Mike Dean: "Off you pop"
Halifax
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can they also confirm what Mike Dean said? If not, why not? Why no transparency on that?
NyosTV
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some say poch is still saying "you know who u are"