We need to show more heart, says

return south with more than a goalless draw. United are now 14 points behind table-topping Manchester City – the same gap there is to rock-bottom Huddersfield Town. And, perhaps more worryingly, they let this opportunity to bolster their top-four chances pass them by. Mourinho had talked up those hopes ahead of the match and did not hold back after this “bad result” against Palace.

“Not enough intensity and not enough desire,” said the United boss.

“So, I think we played a game like ‘one more game’ and I don’t think the game is ‘one more game’.

“I think it is a game we really need to win.

“If we played with the same philosophy against Young Boys (in the Champions League on Tuesday) then we don’t win and then we have to go to Valencia to win the game in Valencia.

“So, there are matches that are special matches and not just one more – and this one was not just one more.

“It was the first of eight Premier League games until the end of December and was a game we needed to win.

“My feeling is that there was not enough from the heart. You must play with your brain, we must play also with heart and I think there was not enough heart.” Mourinho did not name names after the disappointing draw. However, he did appear to call into question the character of his players Jesse Lingard, Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial and