Tottenham coach Jose Mourinho has announced that a warning given during his team's match against Southampton was due.

The Wednesday night match ended with Southampton defeating Tottenham with a clean goal.

"I think the yellow card was due, I was not polite, but I was rude with a fool," Mourinho said.

🎥 Translated: 'I was rude to a fool'

✨ While some waited for Jose Mourinho to apologize for going to the opponent's bench and trying to read the notes of a member of the Southampton training team, Mourinho was loyal to his habits with this comment: pic.twitter.com/cldd6uPJAR

- SIR AHMED (@ midopido21) January 1, 2020

📸 The referee rolled up Mourinho's yellow card after he spied on Southampton assistant coach 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/UKBK0bUhER

- El Chiringuito Arabic (@ChiringuitoArab) January 1, 2020

It is noteworthy that the cameras took a picture of Mourinho in the 77th minute of the match while he was going to the bench of Southampton replacements, where Mourinho appeared leaning on his knees as he looked at a paper in which the technical staff of the land-owning team was writing some notes about the match and its details.

📸 - Jose Mourinho receives a yellow card after cheating on the Southampton team's tactics.
😂 pic.twitter.com/3UyTayPAOH

- Rudi (@ rodi230) January 1, 2020
The match referee, Mike Dean, warned Mourinho to announce his yellow card for "spying" on the competitors, which falls under the category of misconduct that warns, and is included in Article 12 of the Football Law.

📸 The referee rolled up Mourinho's yellow card after he spied on Southampton assistant coach 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/OL7VK36FaN

- Manchester United Premier League leader (@ jUtzqzQcmvVq7zf) January 1, 2020