Jose Mourinho and Roma were reduced to fits of rage after seeing a handball appeal turned down during their Europa League final defeat by Sevilla, with the manager later taking aim at Anthony Taylor's 'bull****t' refereeing display.
Mourinho was made to suffer his first ever loss in a European final after his side were downed in a dramatic penalty shoot-out, with Paulo Dybala's first-half opener cancelled out by Gianluca Mancini's unfortunate own goal.
The showdown had spilled over into unsightly scenes of tension and frustration, however, and numerous players and coaches were shown yellow cards.
After taking umbrage with several of Taylor's decisions, Mourinho himself was booked - and his ire toward the officiating continued into his post-match interviews.
One particular moment of controversy forced the Roma bench back to their feet, with a potential Fernando handball not given in the latter stages of normal time.
A cross from Nemanja Matic certainly made contact with the midfielder's arm, as shown in replays, but his hands were adjudged to have been in a natural position.
Taylor remained firmly in the spotlight in Budapest but made several superb calls.
He booked Lorenzo Pellegrini at the end of the first half for diving, the midfielder having dangled out a leg and fallen, and later overturned a Sevilla penalty.
The official also flagged encroachment on Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio after he saved Gonzalo Montiel's decisive penalty, and promptly ordered a re-take.
Mourinho, though, did not hold back in his assessment of Taylor's performance.
'I want to stay at Roma,' he said. 'But my players deserve more and I deserve more.
'I'm a little tired of being a coach, a man of communication, the face of the club that says we were robbed after every game. I'm tired of acting on every front.
'Next year we won't be playing the Champions League and that's a good thing because we're not made for it.'
'And let's hope that Taylor only officiates games in the Champions League and does the same bull*** there that he did tonight, and not in the Europa League.'
Mourinho also took exception to the fact Erik Lamela was not sent off late on, before the forward dusted himself down to net a spot-kick in the shoot-out.
'It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish,' he added. 'It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.
'The injustice is shown by the fact Lamela should've had a second yellow, he didn't, and he converted a penalty in the shoot-out.'