Mourinho made 'unacceptable, huge mistake' - Kompany

"For me, in terms of leadership, it's a huge mistake and it's something that we should not accept."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"The situation, he could have handled it better or chosen his words better but emotions got the better of him."

— Benni McCarthy , Athlete

"I have never been racist with anyone and I regret the threats that I received from Real Madrid."

— Gianluca Prestianni , Athlete

"It should be the crazy moment of the game, an amazing goal."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"When you score a goal like that, you celebrate in a respectful way."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"I watched the game and was really intrigued by it. There are two different components to the story."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"I told [Vinicius], when you score a goal like that you just celebrate and walk back."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"And for me in terms of leadership, it's a huge mistake and it's something that we should not accept."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"You have Vini Jr, who, when you watch the action itself, his reaction cannot be faked."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"If it is true that the player from Benfica has said something as bad as what he said, I would love a situation where there's still a room where somebody can apologise."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"For me, in terms of leadership, it's a huge mistake. It's something that we should not accept."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"You have the leader of an organisation, Jose Mourinho, who attacks the character of Vinicius Jr by bringing in the type of celebration to discredit what Vinicius is doing in this moment."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"On top of it he [Mourinho] mentions the name of Eusebio, to say that Benfica cannot be racist because the best player in the history of Benfica is Eusebio."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"I told him: ‘When you score a goal like that you just celebrate and walk back.’"

— José Mourinho , Executive

"He’s saying it’s OK when Vinícius provokes you … and I think that is very wrong."

— Clarence Seedorf , Athlete

"Racists are above all cowards [who] need to put their shirts over their mouth to demonstrate how weak they are."

— Vinícius Júnior , Athlete

"There is something wrong because it happens in every stadium."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"Yes. I believe so."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"When he was arguing about racism, I told him the biggest person in the history of this club [Eusebio] was Black."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"I heard Prestianni direct the same racist remark at Vinicius several times."

— Kylian Mbappe , Athlete

"It should be the crazy moment of the game, an amazing goal in a good game... these talents are able to do these beautiful things but unfortunately [Vinicius] was not just happy to score that astonishing goal and then the game was over."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"Yeah, I believe so. The words they exchange, Prestianni with Vinicius, I want to be independent. I don't comment about it."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"I told him that when you score a goal like that you just celebrate and walk back."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"These talents are able to do these beautiful things, but unfortunately not just happy to score astonishing goal."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"I think he made a big mistake today to justify racial abuse."

— Clarence Seedorf , Athlete

"I think it is very unfair."

— Wayne Rooney , Athlete

"It seems a bit hypocritical coming from Mourinho, a man who has celebrated and possibly antagonised opponents more than any other coach in the past."

— Jamie Carragher , Athlete

"When you score a goal like that, you celebrate in a respectful way."

— Jose Mourinho , Celebrity

"You cannot be a bad person for defending your team."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"For me, in terms of leadership, it's a huge mistake. It's something that we should not accept."

— Vincent Kompany , Athlete

"I told him: you scored an incredible goal, why celebrate like that? Why not like Di Stéfano, Pelé, or Eusébio?"

— José Mourinho , Executive

"The last thing this club is, is racist."

— José Mourinho , Executive