From The Guardian:
'Mourinho watched the closing period of normal time and the whole of extra-time from Sky television's interview room after being ordered from the dugout for inciting the crowd, and had to be persuaded by Didier Drogba to come back on to receive a winners' medal and celebrate his first Chelsea trophy.
The manager turned towards a portion of the stadium housing Liverpool fans and made the gesture after Chelsea's equaliser, and the assumption was that it had been aimed at supporters who had been barracking him, the message being that they should shush now that his team were back in the match.
But Mourinho insisted he had been making a point to the press. He said he was not aware they were housed on the opposite side of the ground and insisted they "talk too much" and had "tried everything to take confidence from us" after successive defeats at Newcastle and Barcelona.
The point of the gesture, he said, was to tell the press "be calm, put the pen in your pocket". He claimed a lot of the media were "frustrated" that Chelsea had not lost. The strain of a difficult week seems to have got to the former Porto coach.
"I have a lot of respect for the fans of every team in this country and every team in the world," he said. "I respect Liverpool fans and I tried to show this. I have also to adapt to your country and your culture because it's a country where I live and work. For me it's unusual to be sent off by the police and not by the referee or fourth official. The policeman told the fourth official, 'Mr Mourinho has to go out.' This is a special situation for me but, if I made a mistake, and did something I cannot do I have to adapt."
Mourinho expressed surprise that the police had intervened. "The police guy is not a football man," he said. "What is police in a football game? They have to control the crowd. But this is your country - I have to adapt. In that way, if I made a mistake, I apologise. I'm happy I'm not going to jail for that. I can enjoy dinner with my players and enjoy the trophy."