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Published 15:31 1 Nov 2017 GMT
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During post-match interviews, Mourinho explained that he prevented Lukaku from taking the spot kick to protect him. The United manager will probably be criticised for being negative, and only taking into account the potential for Lukaku missing the kick, rather than considering the benefits of his striker scoring the goal. While others will argue that Mourinho has to prioritise qualification for the knockout rounds over the feelings of Lukaku.
On BT Sports, Dimitar Berbatov and Paul Scholes didn't mention either and focused their attention on Lukaku instead of Mourinho. The former United pair were somewhat critical of the striker for not demanding to take the penalty.
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"He has to demand it himself," Scholes said, before speculating whether the Belgian might be low on confidence after a run of games without a goal.
"Take the ball, push them away," Berbatov said.
"'This is my goal, I need to score. I need this because I need the confidence back'. Then afterwards, you can see he was a bit lost for confidence the way he was jogging towards the penalty box. Not sprinting, he was jogging, losing that will to score because this was his moment and something happened."Those who disobey Mourinho's orders tend not to last long in the first-team, so maybe Lukaku was right not to protest too much. But, at the same time, it's possible to understand where Berbatov and Scholes were coming from. You can watch their analysis here:
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