Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson had told Chelsea
counterpart Jose Mourinho to "button his lip" for the rest of the
season.
Ferguson also accused Mourinho of reacting badly when refereeing
decisions have gone against the Blues.
The United boss said: "He's come out with stuff this week about us
and I expected that.
"He's been talking about referees and I think he is the last person
who should talk about referees."
Mourinho had claimed earlier this week that United's challenge for
the Premiership and Champions League titles had been helped by a
combination of good luck and controversial refereeing
decisions.
United currently lead Chelsea at the top of the Premiership by nine
points, having played a game more.
Ferguson's men could go 12 points clear with victory over
Liverpool, as Chelsea do not play until Saturday evening.
Mourinho had drawn particular attention to United's Champions
League win over Lille and their Premiership victory over
Tottenham.
But Ferguson responded: "His football club have been involved with
so many things with referees over the years.
"It seems to me that if you contest something and they don't get
their own way, there's something happens, whether it's referees or
players threatened or something like that.
"It's an incredible club, so I think he should button his lip now
for good for the rest of the season, " said Ferguson who claimed to
have a dossier on Chelsea's misdemeanours.
"There's plenty of talk about Chelsea and referees and Jose and
referees. I have a big catalogue on it but I'll leave that for
another day."
Ferguson also condemned Chelsea's role in the brawl that marred
their Carling Cup final victory against Arsenal.
He said: "I think the clubs have to hold their hands up, we've had
to do it ourselves, we're not exempt.
"Over the years there have been situations we've had to control and
we've had some feisty players."