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Man Utd boss Mourinho blasts: Wolves players were the ones with right attitude

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho blasted his players' attitude after their 1-1 draw with Wolves.

United's three-game winning run came to an end as Joao Moutinho's second half strike cancelled out Fred's opener.

Mourinho said: “It was not a good performance, not a good result. A fair result, Wolves, by the way they faced the game deserved because they play like I like to play, which is like the World Cup final.

“That's the attitude that I like my teams to have every match and we didn't have that. They had, we didn't. The attitude made the difference, they were in the game since the first minute, they play every ball, every second in the maximum of their intensity and desire, and we didn't.

“We start poorly, we start both halves at a low intensity and is difficult to win matches when you are not there."

Mourinho made no attempt to protect the players after yet more dropped points.

“I can't explain a difference of attitude because I never have a difference of attitude," he added. “For me it is difficult to explain that.

“This is something you learn as a kid in the academy, you don't need experiences at the highest level to learn that, that's a basic law of football.

"You have to play to the maximum of your potential, the maximum of your focus, unless you play in such a weak league against really weak opponents and then playing at 20 percent of your potential is enough to win."

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