Jose Mourinho accused his players of being
"childish" after Manchester United conceded a
stoppage-time equaliser to draw with 10-man
Leicester.
Harry Maguire made it 2-2 in the fourth minute of
injury time at the King Power Stadium after two
goals from Juan Mata had cancelled out Jamie
Vardy's opener for Leicester, who had substitute
Daniel Amartey sent off after 73 minutes.
Mourinho was particularly unhappy at his team
missing what he called "joke" chances to kill the
game.
He was also left frustrated after his players failed
to reorganise themselves following an injury to
Chris Smalling in the closing stages.
It was Smalling, barely able to move because of a
groin problem, who got caught under the ball at
the back post allowing Maguire to score.
Mourinho told Sky Sports: "We did everything to
win but we lost big chances in front of the goal
and not just big chances, also possession
moments. I would say childish lost possession.
"In the end, no maturity because Smalling was in
trouble, he comes out of the game, they put
Maguire as an extra man but the players on the
pitch cannot react and analyse the game and
make a quick adjustment.
"So I think childish in our box and childish in their
box. We were punished by our mistakes and what
more can I say?"
Mourinho described the game as "an easy match
to win" but saw his team lose more ground in the
title race and fall 13 points behind Premier
League leaders Manchester City, who beat
Bournemouth 4-0 earlier in the day.
Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus
Rashford all had golden opportunities to make it
3-1 before Maguire struck with almost the last
kick of the game.
Mourinho added: "We didn't win because we
missed incredible chances.
"I would say joke chances. In the last second of
the game we make a big defensive mistake so it
is an accumulation of mistakes in an easy match
to win.
"I told to the players at half-time, when the result
was 1-1, it was an easy match to win.
"The team was playing well and equalised before
half-time.
"In the second-half, as we all know, the result
should be four, five, six. But the reality is that it's
2-2. Sometimes you make mistakes and you are
not punished but we were punished.
"Easy match to win. We were punished with two
points in an easy match to win."
Yet despite the losses and the seemingly
insurmountable gap to City in the table, Mourinho
admits he is still happy in himself.
"I feel great,'' he added. "Seriously. It's one thing
to be angry as a manager and it is another to
feel great as a man. I feel great, I work hard.''
Maguire said the result felt like a win.
"It feels great to get a last-minute draw. Kasper
[Schmeichel] has pulled us out a few times and
did it again today,'' Maguire said.
"It was a great moment today and we will go and
enjoy it. We had to stick with it, it was crucial to
keep it at 2-1 and when we kept it at 2-1 for as
long as we did we knew we would get a chance.
"Thankfully it fell to me and I was able to put it
away.
"It's one of those games that feels like a victory,
but it's a point, it's a good point against a good
side.''
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