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Iker Casillas takes swipe at Mourinho in wake of Liverpool defeat

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Casillas takes swipe at Mourinho in wake of Liverpool defeat

Spain’s 2010 World Cup-winning goalkeeper Iker Casillas has taken a swipe at Jose Mourinho after Manchester United suffered a 3-1 humiliation a the hands of Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday. The humbling marked Mourinho’s 7th defeat in the Premier League this season and the Red Devils lost further ground on the top four in the standings.

Manchester United currently sit 6th, 19 points behind leaders Liverpool and 11 behind 4th-placed Chelsea. Quite clearly, United are out of the title race and a top-four finish would be an ideal result for the club.

The 3-1 loss was United’s third defeat at the hands of a top-six side this season, having previously gone down 3-0 to Spurs and 3-1 to Manchester City earlier in the season. The Red Devils will need a dramatic turnaround of fortunes in the second half of the season if they are to play Champions League football next season.

Casillas and Jose Mourinho endured a strained relationship back in Mourinho’s managerial days at Real Madrid when the Portuguese tactician dropped the 37-year-old in favour of Diego Lopez. Knowing that Mourinho is under the cosh for United’s poor run of form this season, the Spaniard has now hit back at his former manager.

“According to a Portuguese newspaper, someone said that a player like me (37 years) is at the end of his career. Completely agree,” tweeted Casillas.

“My question is, for that newspaper: in the case of coaches, when and at what point do you see that they are no longer to lead a team or train?”

With United struggling to gain any sort of momentum this season, it remains to be seen how long Ed Woodward and the Glazer family wait before pulling the trigger on Mourinho.

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