Manchester — A day after he took on his critics in a media conference diatribe, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho took aim at his players after a lacklustre performance in their 2-0 FA Cup win over Brighton and Hove Albion at Old Trafford on Saturday. Mourinho had made little direct criticism of his team after Tuesday’s Champions League defeat by Sevilla or on Friday when he defended his work and questioned assumptions about United’s heritage. But this time his anger was firmly directed at the majority of his players. "We deserved to win… We scored two and they didn’t score, but we didn’t play as I prepared the team to play," the manager said. He singled out midfielder Nemanja Matic, who created the first goal for Romelu Lukaku and added the second himself with a late header, as one of the few players he was satisfied with. "Many times Matic was an island of personality and desire and control, surrounded … by a lack of personality, class and desire," said Mourinho Asked whethe...
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