The FA Cup quarter-final which ended with Conte's side winning 1:0 beating Mourinho's men and also seeing to Ander Herrera's dismissal in the first half.
N’Golo Kante who was the man-of-the-match gave a fine strike which proved the difference on the night but it was feared there could have been repercussions for United defender, Marcos Rojo.
The Argentina international appeared to stamp on Eden Hazard’s chest during a second-half flare-up that could result in a retrospective sanction.
However, the Football Association will not be charging the defender after referee Michael Oliver’s report confirmed officials saw the incident - meaning the case cannot go to a review panel - and the defender escaped a potential three-match ban for violent conduct.
The incident immediately brought a lot of examining resemblance with Tyrone Mings’ five-match ban, dished out after he stamped on Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the defender was quick to offer his thoughts when it became clear Rojo would escape action.
He took to his Twitter handle and wrote ‘lol’, though clever enough not to relate directly to the incident to his own case, but the timing of the tweet left his followers completely and without doubt on what he's trying to say.
The reason why Rojo case is different is that the referee - Michael Oliver - did see the incident, former England striker Alan Shearer and ex-United defender Phil Neville believe there should be retrospective FA punishment.
“They were having a right go at each the whole of the second half, Rojo and (Diego) Costa,” Shearer told the BBC. “They were trying to wind each other up.
“There are lots of parts of Costa’s game that I’m a big fan of, but I really don’t like that side of it where he’s trying to get players sent off.
“And that is a stamp (by Rojo). It wouldn’t surprise me at all. He should have been sent off for that.”
Neville says there is a danger of retrospective action, he said: “Definitely, I mean after what we saw last week at Old Trafford with Tyrone Mings, you’d think the FA would look at that.”
Stan Collymore also shared his thoughts - twitter - on the escape and called for a change in the way FA review incidents.
He tweeted:
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