Former Tottenham boss Tim Sherwood feels Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is getting his public outbursts wrong.

Mourinho takes his United side to former club Chelsea on Saturday lunchtime with the Portuguese under huge pressure following a disappointing start to the Premier League season.

"Sometimes you can create your own fires," Sherwood told Sky Sports. "You have enough problems putting them out, but if you are creating them yourself, and then putting them out...

"And at times I think he picks fights with the wrong people. You cannot pick a fight at Manchester United, it is an institution that football club. It is bigger than any individual.

"So why should you pick a fight with them? It is not going to work and Jose knows it has not been good enough."