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"If I play someone against Bournemouth and he is phenomenal, he plays the semi-final", said Mourinho.

Manchester United are now second in the English Premier league standings as their rivals Manchester City recently won the EPL title.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has taken aim at his players after a lacklustre performance at Old Trafford saw them defeated by bottom-of-the-league West Bromwich Albion 0-1. "Yes, what is the..." "Consistency has nothing to do with age", he said. It's the only way I can select players.

Mourinho plans to make changes at the Vitality Stadium in order to give certain players the chance to impress, while the worst performers against West Brom have already ruined their chances of starting against Spurs. Some of the guys who played [against West Brom], they don't have a place in that team.

Ander Herrera was substituted at halftime against West Brom, while fellow midfielder Paul Pogba came off in the 58th minute, but Mourinho said that a yellow card had also been a factor in the Frenchman's replacement.

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Mourinho then performed a very public U-turn, and complimented Pogba by telling him he'd have been his man of the match even without his goals. "Playing with two midfielders, you can not play with one player at risk of not being able to make a foul".

"Probably in our best period, where we were moving the ball better and the team was thinking faster, they scored the goal in the only way they could score a goal, which was in a corner or in a lateral free-kick". "I only know one criteria, is the way they play". By losing lots of balls with turnings, flicks and tricks, the midfield players and central defenders are at risk: one late challenge, and they are out.

Mourinho did not try to hide his disappointment at a performance that clearly left him frustrated and some of his star names will now be sweating on their place in Saturday's FA Cup clash against Spurs at Wembley.

A first-half yellow card contributed to Mourinho's decision, but the France worldwide had struggled to find the form that saw him score twice in the 3-2 victory at Manchester City. Other than Paul Pogba, Matteo Darmian and Anthony Martial are two other players who might soon leave Manchester United.

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