Roma coach Claudio Ranieri has blown his top over Inter coach Jose Mourinho by accusing him of ‘spying’.

The normally calm tactican was still fuming after last weekend's match between Inter and Roma which ended in a 1-1 draw at the San Siro.

“In football anything can happen, but I cannot accept being taken for a ride,” he told the Corriere dello Sport.

“Mourinho always sends someone to listen to what others say, then report back so he always arrives prepared for the interviews.

“Rather than say certain things, he’d have done better to stay silent. At the end of the game I didn’t want to say anything, but when I heard he was accusing me of ‘crying’ and even that the referee was too fussy with the number of fouls, I couldn’t help but give my position.

“When it’s too much, it really is too much.”

“Inter are a team who know how to play and hold their position on the field, but I cannot stand by when Mourinho says the referee did a bad job.

Ranieri also accused Mourinho's Inter team of playing anti-football.

“We were the ones trying to play football, while they should’ve been punished with more yellow cards.

“Every time we tried to go on the counter and got past a man in midfield, an Inter player would systematically haul us down."