Man United boss Jose Mourinho fumes over Paul Pogba red card, Alexandre Lacazette’s fitness and Laurent Koscielny’s lucky escape
The Special One guided team to important win over Arsenal on Saturday but he wasn't a completely happy man at final whistle
JOSE MOURINO launched an amazing rant after losing Paul Pogba for the Manchester derby.
Pogba was dismissed for a stamp on Hector Bellerin and automatically gets a three-match ban – but could get MORE for sarcastically applauding ref Andre Marriner.
Mourinho says that Laurent Koscielny tried to get his France team-mate red carded with his reaction to the tackle.
The Special One also had a pop at Marriner for failing to send off Koscielny for hauling down Romelu Lukaku when through on goal.
He accused Arsenal players for DIVING to try and win two late penalties.
And he also had a cheeky dig at Arsene Wenger for playing Alexandre Lacazette after ruling him out earlier in the week.
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But his biggest disappointment after a stunning win in a Premier League end-to-end classic is losing Pogba against Manchester City in a title-showdown clash next week.
He said: “I just know that Paul is frustrated, a bit disappointed with his colleague Koscielny, with this kind of reaction.
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“But Paul is frustrated. Everybody knows Paul is a clean player and it was not his intention, not at all, to be close to a red card.”
Antonio Valencia and Jesse Lingard had United two goals ahead after 11 minutes.
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Then Arsenal fought back by piling on the pressure – with only the amazing form of David De Gea stopping him. The Spaniard made 14 saves, which is a record for a Prem game.
Mourinho said: "I told him after the match: what I saw was the best goalkeeper in the world. In big matches you want your keeper to be there for you.”
But eventually Lacazette pulled one back despite being ruled out with a groin injury by Wenger ahead of the game.
Mourinho said: “My medical department managed to recover Matic from a ‘maybe’ to a ‘yes’. Arsenal medical department managed to recover a player from a ‘no’ to a complete 90 minutes. Amazing. I congratulate them all.”
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Lingard then wrapped up the win when he tapped in – but there was late drama. Koscielny could have gone for a straight red for hauling down Lukaku.
Then Arsenal could have had two penalties when Matteo Darmian took down Lacazette, then Chris Smalling took out Danny Welbeck.
Mourinho said: “If it's not a penalty, it's not a penalty... I know the pitch is amazing, maybe creates a desire to go to the floor. If it was hard, no, or mud, no.
“The pitch is absolutely beautiful.”
Wenger was upset with his defenders at the start of the game. Shkodran Mustafi limped off straight after his gaffe for Lingard’s goal – and Wenger hinted at not being happy with the German.
He said: “I don’t know what he has. I don’t know what is wrong with him at all.”
“After that I feel sorry for the players as the spirit was outstanding, so was their quality of their performance and at the end of the day we weren’t efficient enough as we didn’t start well enough in areas where it matters.”
The Gunners boss was not happy with Marriner either and claims turning down the penalties could have been linked to failing to send off Koscileny.
He said: “Maybe. I don’t know every situation in the game. Last night I watched Napoli v Juventus on TV and we watched a top-class referee.
“If you want to analyse well , watch the difference between them and us and then you will see. Is it right or wrong?
“I am. I have to watch them again but I thought they were penalties. I hope at Old Trafford it will be the same.”
Wenger also clashed with United assistant Rui Faria but said: “I am not unhappy with their bench. They defend their game, I defend my game and sometimes it is heated – that is part of it and absolutely normal.
“I just angry that the quality of that we have a quality performance and have nothing to show for it. In games like that you have to be efficient.”
Mesut Ozil, linked with a move to United, was pictured after the final whistle hugging their backroom staff, who he knows from their time together at Real Madrid.