Jose Mourinho has singled out Ashley Young for his role in Leicester City’s late equaliser and says Manchester United’s older heads should have controlled the situation.
The Red Devils missed a host of excellent chances to extend their lead at the King Power against the 10-man hosts, though the momentum swung when Chris Smalling tweaked his groin.
Having used all their subs, United were effectively a man down due to Smalling’s issues, though despite his lack of mobility he somehow found himself marking Harry Maguire.
He could not react to a deep, whipped cross aimed at the Leicester centre-back, who slotted home in stoppage time, and Mourinho felt the likes of Young could have handled the problem better.
At his post-match press conference, he explained: ‘I had the chance to speak with Ashley Young and to tell him the way the team had to be in position because of Smalling difficulty.
‘But I think lack of maturity because I cannot stop the game and to give a team talk for the last two minutes.
‘The players inside they have immediately to adapt and to read the game, which they didn’t.’
Asked if his message to Young had not been communicated to the rest of the team, he confirmed it had not, before once again questioning the decision-making of his players.
He continued: ‘You know some players they have childish decisions and time helps them to have maturity and to decide better.
‘But some other players they stay with childish decisions until the end of their career. It depends on what is inside [points at head], and depends on the way they learn and they don’t learn.’
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