Pundit reveals how Mourinho altered Man Utd in Chelsea draw

Alan Shearer believes Jose Mourinho delivered another rousing team talk at half-time against Chelsea, inspiring their second half performance.

United went 2-1 up at Stamford Bridge thanks to a brace from Anthony Martial, but were unable to hang on for the three points.

BBC pundit Shearer reckons Mourinho told his team to attack more after the break in order to get back into the game.

“They never asked enough questions of the Chelsea back four in the opening 45 minutes,” Shearer told Match of the Day.

“They never went in behind. Their runs weren’t there because their players simply weren’t running.

“But that all changed at half-time. Whatever Mourinho said to his team totally changed them.

“They were much more direct and their first thought was: ‘Can we go forward in the second half’.

“Balls were being played up to [Romelu] Lukaku who started holding it up, something he didn’t do for the whole first half.

“They put balls into the box and got bodies into the box too. Five of them were in there for Martial’s first goal.

“They began to run in behind, look forward and ask different questions of [Antonio] Rudiger and David Luiz who had it so easy in the first half.”

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