{"id":1083909,"date":"2019-04-12T17:54:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1083909"},"modified":"2019-04-12T17:54:38","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T16:54:38","slug":"man-utd-new-mad-dog-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/man-utd-new-mad-dog-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Mourinho hails Man Utd’s new ‘mad dog’ after Barcelona display"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jose Mourinho has hailed Scott McTominay as Manchester United’s new “mad dog”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The comments came after United lost 1-0 to Barcelona at Old Trafford in the Champions League.<\/p>\n

Scott McTominay as United’s main destroyer? Four things to know…<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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  1. McTominay made his breakthrough at United under Mourinho in the 2016-17 season.<\/li>\n
  2. He then made 23 appearances in all competitions in the resulting season, sometimes starting in favour of Paul Pogba.<\/li>\n
  3. Such was Mourinho’s commitment to the player, McTominay is still largely associated with the Mourinho era at the club.<\/li>\n
  4. Against Barcelona, the Scottish international came in for wide praise for his performance against the likes of Ivan Rakitic and Lionel Messi.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    https:\/\/audioboom.com\/posts\/7227287-barcelona-will-rely-on-their-jon-snow-to-deal-with-any-man-utd-counter-attack<\/p>\n

    Mourinho famously nurtured McTominay, seemingly playing him out of spite towards other United midfielders at times.<\/p>\n

    In any case, the Scot is proving his worth in his own right, and put in a stellar performance against Barcelona in the 1-0 loss.<\/p>\n

    \u201cBarcelona was not Barcelona yesterday,” Mourinho told\u00a0RT.<\/a>\u00a0“I think United had one player that was responsible for that because I think Scott McTominay in midfield he was like what I used to call – but when I use this expression it\u2019s obviously in the total positive sense of the word. He was a mad dog.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAfraid of nobody. Imposing his respect. Pressing really hard with a huge range of movement a huge area of pressing. Pressing higher and creating problems in Barcelona building up then really aggressive on the duels.”<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ljBmUtfuAX4<\/p>\n

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    ‘1-0 result a missed opportunity for both clubs’ – Mourinho<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    On the significance of the 1-0 result, Mourinho said: \u201cI think it was a missed opportunity for both. I don\u2019t think they were good. Both. So if one of them was better, probably in Barcelona\u2019s case they could kill the tie. Which they didn\u2019t because 1-0 is open.<\/p>\n