Thursday, September 14, 2006 | 2:11 AM

Jose Mourinho's post-match reaction on FRANK LAMPARD after a 2-0 win over Werder Bremen in UEFA Champions LEague opening group match

“Maybe people remember that Lampard missed a penalty against Charlton. I remember that over the last two years, he scored more then ten penalties for us, important penalties, crucial penalties, and he never let us down. So I told him he can miss a penalty when the team doesn’t need the penalty.”

Further probing from the media regarding Lampard clearly irritated Mourinho who responded impatiently with:

“I think something is happening with the English press with Frank Lampard. I spoke with him about it and for me, he is guilty. Do you know why he is guilty? Because you never had a player like him for the last ten years and, because of that, you are having a go at him.

“He is guilty because he scored so many goals. He is guilty because he plays so many matches. He is guilty because he plays for Chelsea and for England with 100 per cent of his effort every game, game after game. He is guilty because he has an unbelievable record of consecutive matches. He is guilty because he is such a good player. But I think you should respect him a little bit more.”

And with that, Mourinho refused to answer any further questions and departed sharply.

Jose is the man, Frank is my man