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Jose Mourinho slams his Manchester United players for being more interested in 'tricks and PlayStation football' than killing off Basle tie

Jose Mourinho accused his Manchester United stars of disrespecting Basle on Tuesday, claiming they were more interested in fancy flicks and ‘PlayStation football’ than killing the tie off.

United were cruising to victory thanks to goals from Marouane Fellaini and Romelu Lukaku but Mourinho was left angry at a lack of professionalism before Marcus Rashford’s third.

‘After 2-0 I think everything changed and we stopped to play, stopped to think, stopped to play seriously,’ Mourinho fumed. ‘We stopped to make the right decisions on the pitch and we could put ourselves in trouble.

Jose Mourinho accused his Manchester United stars of disrespecting Basle in their 3-0 win
Jose Mourinho accused his Manchester United stars of disrespecting Basle in their 3-0 win
The Portuguese berated his players for not killing the tie off when the score was 2-0
The Portuguese berated his players for not killing the tie off when the score was 2-0

‘Bad decisions, fantasy football, PlayStation football, tricks and when you stopped to play as a team and when you stopped to play seriously I don't like and you gamble a little bit.