Mourinho fumes at ‘childish’ United

Mourinho fumes at ‘childish’ United

Manchester United once again conceded at the death for the second time in a week to draw level with Leicester City 2-2 at the King Power stadium on Saturday.

It served as a bitter lesson on how not to see games out, with countless mistakes being made before Harry Maguire’s equaliser.

United had plenty of chances to see the game off, and with Leicester down to 10 men on the night as well it really was a huge kick in the teeth.


Jose Mourinho labelled his side “childish” after the game, and when asked how his side did not pick up the three points, he told Sky Sports: “I don’t know.

“We didn’t win because we missed incredible chances, I would say joke chances, and then in the last second of the game we make a big defensive mistake.

“It is an accumulation of mistakes in an easy match to win. The team was playing well and in the second half, the result should have been four, five, six. But the reality is that it is 2-2.

“Sometimes you make mistakes and you are not punished, but we were punished.

“We were punished by our mistakes, what more can I say? It was an easy match to win, but when you miss big chances in front of goal and not only that but also childish loss of possession then you are punished at the end.

“It was childish in their box and childish in our box and it was mistakes plus mistakes and we lost two points in an easy match to win.”