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Mourinho praises Barcelona matchwinner Rakitic - with Pogba dig

Former Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho praised El Clasico matchwinner Ivan Rakitic with a dig at Paul Pogba.

Rakitic scored the only goal of the game in Barcelona's win over Real Madrid on Saturday.

"He's one of the most underrated players in the world," Mourinho said of Rakitic. "Fantastic in all levels; he defends, he compensates for [Lionel] Messi, he runs and he's sensible with the ball at his feet."

Perhaps in a slight dig at Pogba, the Portuguese had some words of advice for the Croatian.

"He has to improve his Instagram and social media because this is very important now," he said.

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