Mourinho questions medical staff after ‘bad’ Herrera injury

But that changed on Wednesday, with Mourinho asked about the performance of McTominay, not Pogba, who only featured because of a 17th-minute injury to Ander Herrera.

The France global has endured a hard few weeks at United, stemming from a below-par performance in the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on January 31.

Paul Pogba’s agent has offered the Manchester United star to a list of top clubs in Europe as his unhappiness under Jose Mourinho deepens, according to reports.

Yet the Portuguese coach was forced to call on the out-of-form France midfielder after 17 minutes when Herrera was forced off with what appeared to be another hamstring problem.

When United’s next game arrived, Mourinho was adamant that Pogba would feature against Huddersfield in the FA Cup but, on the morning of the match, the 24-year-old announced himself unavailable because he was feeling unwell.

“When you look at this performance you have to think we can play like that at any ground, but in the second leg it’s vital we stay organised”.

“I think all the shots they had were easy shots, simple shots, statistic shots…the shots that go to the clouds and to the crowds, they are not, for me, shots”.

“We had a good percentage of possession for the way we play and the match away at home against a good team like Sevilla; we had a good percentage of the ball and that means control of the game”.

“But, we also kept a few clean sheets with [Sergio] Romero in goal, so I think the team even with a couple of mistakes, the team defended well and when we made the mistakes, obviously David was there”. We are playing with three midfield players and Paul could play perfectly in this role.

“He tried to bring the same qualities, plus his security with the ball”.

They played really well but the game is still open and we have to play the second leg at Old Trafford.

“I won with Porto, very young, inexperienced team at this level, so many playing the Champions League for the first time”, he added.