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Jose Mourinho brands Man Utd defending 's***' after disappointing Burnley draw
MANCHESTER UNITED boss Jose Mourinho has branded his side's defending "s***" after they drew 2-2 with Burnley.
Man Utd boss Jose Mourinho
Ashley Barnes and a stunning free-kick by Steven Defour gave Burnley a shock 2-0 lead at Old Trafford.
But Mourinho brought on Jesse Lingard at half-time and the England international rescued his side with two goals in the second half.
Mourinho said United conceded "more 'S' goals" today then added: "You are intelligent enough to work out the other letters."
The United boss then rued bad luck for their struggles, saying: "The players accepted the risk. To be losing 2-0 at half time is not easy, especially coping with the negative feelings of the opponent - every time they go there they score a goal.
Mourinho says his side conceded "another s... goal". Says he doesn't need to spell out the word in full #MUFC pic.twitter.com/NA3ySrmnVb
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"We are conceding very bad goals and the players fought against that result and that feeling.
"It was impossible to concede in the second half because they did not cross the midfield line.
"The second half was totally ours but we scored only two goals.
"The players they play and for me to make the changes and explain to the players the object is one thing but another thing is to go inside to cope with the risk, for Jones to accept 1 vs 1, for Matic to accept that role, for the players to accept the risks so credit to the boys.”