Jose’s dig at medics over Herrera
JOSE MOURINHO was unhappy with Manchester United’s medical staff after Ander Herrera limped out of the game last night. The Spaniard lasted 17 minutes on his first appearance since the end of last month before suffering what appeared to be a hamstring injury, forcing Mourinho to bring on Paul Pogba earlier than planned. The United boss insisted Herrera had been cleared to play by club doctors, adding: ‘Now we have proof he was not 100 per cent fit. I think it’s a bad injury. He had a small injury that stopped him for the last couple of matches, but the medical department said he was fully fit. It looks like he wasn’t fully fit.’ Mourinho has also taken a thinly-veiled swipe at Manchester City over their
acrimonious FA Cup defeat at League One Wigan Athletic. Fabian Delph was shown a straight red card for a firsthalf challenge, manager Pep Guardiola clashed with Wigan boss Paul Cook and Sergio Aguero was involved in an altercation with home fans. Mourinho couldn’t help comparing the way City exited to United’s shock Carabao Cup quarter-final defeat at Bristol City in December. He said: ‘We lost in the quarter-final but we lost like Manchester United likes to lose — with dignity, with fair play, with participation in the happiness of a giant-killer. Even in defeat we were a big team.’