Manchester United dropped points for the second consecutive matches as they fought back from 2-0 down against Burnley to draw 2-2 on Boxing Day. Mourinho’s decision to bring on Jesse Lingard at half-time swung the match as the attacker scored after less than 10 minutes on the pitch. And he equalised in stoppage time to earn a point and reduce the gap to Manchester City to 12, but the Premier League leaders can extend their advantage by beating Newcastle on Wednesday. In his post-match press conference, Mourinho was in a defensive mood as he gave his thoughts about City’s spending power.

IG Jose Mourinho blew a kiss at reporters after his press conference

Manchester City buy full-backs for the price of strikers Jose Mourinho

He said: “We are in the second year of trying to rebuild a football team that is not one of the best teams in the world. Manchester City buy full-backs for the price of strikers. When you speak about big football clubs, you are speaking about the history of the club.” Mourinho then replied “It is not enough” when a reporter said United had spent almost £300m since he arrived in 2016. Then at the end, a reporter asked Mourinho: “Do you have to realistically spend heavily in the next two transfer windows?” But the United boss declined to answer, blew a kiss to the assembled media and said he would see them in 2018.

Reuters Jose Mourinho was frustrated by Man City spending power