Respect? Following José Mourinho at Manchester United was a crazy ride

Jamie Jackson, our Manchester reporter, saw all too clearly the good and bad sides of the sacked one

José Mourinho’s “respect, respect, respect” meltdown after Manchester United’s 3-0 loss to Tottenham was bizarre to witness for a reporter who has covered him since his first Chelsea tenure began 14 years ago. Mourinho can be curt and abrupt but had never been out of control. That was until the end of the post-game briefing at Old Trafford on August’s bank holiday Monday.

Mourinho claimed the home support had shown how happy they were with the result by applauding the side to the end. So this correspondent wondered, given that fans were being used as a barometer of contentedness, what the manager might gauge from the many who had left early. Mourinho got angry, quickly.

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