Mourinho who agrees with the referee's decision, insists that it was one-off mistake from the Brazilian, which should not be taken as a yardstick for his players to be classed as cheat because Oscar's booking was not the first diving controversy at Chelsea this season.
Ramires was accused of going to ground easily to win a cheap penalty in stoppage time of November's 2-2 home draw with West Brom - which preserved Mourinho's unbeaten Premier League run at Stamford Bridge.
But the Chelsea boss sees no cause for concern among his players.
"It's impossible for him (Oscar) to get a reputation, unless somebody wants to be unfair and to clean the image of other people by using Oscar's situation in the last game," the Portuguese said.
"I want to make it clear. There are many divers in the world of football. There are many divers in some big clubs in the world of football.
"There are some divers in England. Not many, but not in Chelsea, no divers at all.
"Oscar made a mistake, which he tells me and I believe him, he was completely convinced the goalkeeper was coming to smash him.
"The goalkeeper didn't, he made his mistake, he was punished with a yellow card, and he accepted the yellow card in a very calm way.
"I know my team and I must tell you, we don't have divers."
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