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12th May 2017
01:26pm BST

His negativity appears to know no bounds. Mourinho's team were 1-0 up on the night after Marouane Fellaini's first half goal, 2-0 on aggregate, and yet found themselves crawling over the line, being bombarded in injury time and one shot away from their season ending in failure.
Rather than relief or joy, United should be embarrassed. One of the world's biggest, most famous and richest teams, with one of the largest wage bills in sport, are lucky to get past a mid-table side.
Yet, Mourinho's "passion" is celebrated, but his dour outlook and restrictive instructions are overlooked or justified by many. All that matters are the results, apparently.
But that's absolute nonsense. It applies to a Tony Pulis team, but not to Manchester United, and it shouldn't be a factor for fans.
What's the point in watching football if the score at the end is the only thing that matters? Why bother going to a game? Why bother sitting down to watch creative forwards being used as full-backs?
Surely there's more productive things to do with your time than watch United fumble their way past teams who used to be cannon fodder? Fans are meant to support their team through good times and bad, and United fans have done so over the relatively bleak four years since Sir Alex Ferguson left.
But don't justify to yourself that Mourinho's style of football is acceptable. That it's the players' fault that he doesn't trust them or that the result really is the only important aspect of a game.
Life is too short to sit through a match where Mourinho is manager.
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