Jose Mourinho looked quintessentially Jose Mourinho as he stood pouting on the Vicarage Road touchline. Smartly turned out, silverly hair slick, trench-coat symmetrically off-setting a neat black tie against a crisp white shirt. But the Manchester United team Mourinho watched slump to a 3-1 defeat at Watford wasn’t a Mourinho team.
In fact, United on the basis of their performance against the Hornets are the antipathy of Mourinho’s identity and mould as a football coach. They are unorganised, unsure of themselves and decidedly flaky. Everything the Portuguese wants from his side, the Old Trafford team are delivering the opposite.