Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho slammed football's "Einsteins" who criticised him and the Red Devils for their three losses on the bounce ahead of Wednesday's 3-1 EFL Cup win over Northampton Town.
Successive defeats to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford saw United at a low ebb before the victory at Sixfields, but Mourinho hit out at his critics after beating the Cobblers, accusing them of trying to "delete" his career and the Red Devils' history, per MUTV (via James Orr in the Sun):
"We had a bad week.