Football news - Jose Mourinho goes on post-match rant after Newcastle win
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ByEurosport
Updated 06/10/2018 at 20:01 GMT
Jose Mourinho reacted to Manchester United's come-from-behind win against Newcastle with a wide-ranging rant aimed at his critics.
Manchester United's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho gestures during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Newcastle at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on October 6, 2018.
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The 55-year-old’s position has come under increasing scrutiny in the wake of a poor run of results that had left the Old Trafford club languishing in eleventh coming into the evening kick-off against Newcastle.
And after his side battled back from two goals down to beat Newcastle 3-2, the Red Devils boss took aim at his critics.
WICKEDNESS AND A CLEAR MANHUNT
"There’s a lot of wickedness and a clear manhunt in football that is too much,” the United boss said in a post-match interview with BT Sport.
"I am 55 years old. It is the first time I see man-hunting. I can cope with it. I can live with it," he added.
Some of the boys, in spite of them not being the man that is hunted, they are not coping well with it
"We started nervous(ly), the team in my opinion didn't cope well with the pressure of the man-hunting. Every ball around our box was almost a goal or some mistake, a bad decision, panic.
"At halftime we spoke, everybody, and the team faced the second half with a different spirit, a different belief, giving everything for the victory," he said.
The United boss went on to say that Marcus Rashford looked “sad” on the pitch while claiming that Scott McTominay “was scared out on the pitch.”
MAGNIFICENT FANS
"At halftime we were losing 2-0 and the fans were magnificent to the team and that is fantastic," he said, adding that he would have preferred not to hear his own name.
"I’m amazed by that response. I don’t want that, and if I could tell them to not do it I would, because it is not about me it is about the football club they love and the football club we represent with honour and dignity."
‘BAD BREXIT DEAL MY FAULT’
In a pointed remark levelled at his critics, the United boss added:
If it rains in London it is my fault. A bad Brexit deal is my fault.
"This is new, it makes me not just a better manager but even a better person. I understand things in the human nature nowadays and in the industry where I work, I used to love it, I still love it is but it is different.
"There is too much wickedness in something that should be beautiful. I cope with it with some sadness. I am a mature I am a big boy and I will deal with it."
The interview in full can be watched below.
‘I DIDN'T POINT A PISTOL AT THEM’ - Mourinho on his future
Asked about his future at the club, Mourinho said: "They gave me contract until July, 2020. I have a contract to 2020, I didn't point a pistol at them. They give me the contract because they wanted to give it me."
The win moves United up to eighth with a record of four wins, one draw and three losses from their eight games this season.
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