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Published 08:08 17 Feb 2017 GMT
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"They've spoken more tonight than I have to any of my brothers [Denis, Pat and Johnson] in the last five years.
"It's all a bit strange. I think when the game started they were focused on the game. But all this stuff before and after the game, a lot of nonsense - but that's the modern player, I'm afraid."
Somehow in spite of the few handshakes and disgraceful congratulations between the siblings, United ran out 3-0 winners in the first leg of their Round of 32 meeting with the Ligue 1 outfit courtesy of a Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick.
But despite the comprehensive victory, manager Jose Mourinho was not altogether impressed by the first 45 minutes turned in by his players.
"The first half we played so bad and managed to finish the first half winning 1-0 when we didn’t deserve," he said. "So I was pretty confident in the second half we had to improve.
"It was down to a lack of concentration. I had feeling immediate in dressing room, too noisy, too funny, too relaxed. My assistants had the feeling in the warm up with some of the guys not really focused, not right adrenaline in their bodies."
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