Jose Mourinho charged with ‘improper conduct’

His latest outburst was coming out of frustration, as the yellow card on Pogba was correct, and there was no real reason for Mourinho to snap the way he did.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has suggested that Jose Mourinho put himself in more serious trouble by kicking a water bottle too cleanly in his touchline tantrum on Sunday. Replays showed no contact between Noble and the world record summer signing from Juventus.

He also received a one-match ban and an £8,000 fine for that incident.

United were tipped by many as a title contender heading into the campaign with Jose Mourinho at the helm, but sit sixth in the current Premier League table, 11 points behind leaders Chelsea.

The result left United with their lowest points return from 13 league games – 20 – since the 1989-90 term. “We don’t know yet but he definitely won’t play tomorrow”.

Diafra Sakho added to West Ham’s striker problems on Tuesday with the news he will miss the English Football League Cup quarter-final with Manchester United on Wednesday because of a hamstring injury.

“When we say we are going to give a few players a chance it doesn’t mean we are going just to play a game, and that we regret beating Chelsea in the last round”.

Referees in England are clamping down on dissent and this flagrant one prompted Moss to send Mourinho to the stands, just as he did past year when the Portuguese, then at Chelsea, had a half-time rant against the official also in a West Ham match. He has already served one touchline ban, having disputed a decision during United’s 0-0 home draw with Burnley in October.

The 29-year-old Republic of Ireland worldwide told the club’s website, www.whufc.com: “It’s certainly up there, although I’d have liked to be less busy”.

“Andy has had a good recovery and has been training with us”, Bilic said. West Ham were resilient as they held out for a 1-1 draw, and will look to frustrate Mourinho once again.

So far this year, United have beaten Northampton Town and Manchester City in the previous rounds to get to this stage and they will be looking to get to the next stage against the hammers.