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Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba could have been sent off for a stray elbow in 'unlucky' Tottenham's chastening defeat by Manchester United - and takes a dig at VAR by admitting it has left him 'afraid' of celebrating

Jose Mourinho believes Paul Pogba may have been lucky to escape a red card during Tottenham's defeat by Manchester United - and once again savaged VAR.

The home team's Champions League hopes were left in tatters in north London with United mounting a second-half turnaround, spurred on by a disallowed goal.

When questioned over the reasoning behind Scott McTominay being penalised, Mourinho instead turned his attention to the failure to punish Pogba instead.

Jose Mourinho says Paul Pogba may have been sent off in Spurs' defeat by Manchester United
Pogba had tangled with Serge Aurier (left) in the early stages in London but was not punished

'My opinion, it was a good game, my opinion, we didn't deserve this result at all, but we lost against a very good team,' said Mourinho.