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Jose Mourinho felt Chelsea were missing a bit of experience in their side as they slipped to a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United.

New boss Frank Lampard named Mason Mount and Tammy Abraham in his first Premier League lineup of the season, while Andreas Christensen took his place in the centre of defence, with David Luiz moving to Arsenal on transfer deadline day.

Former Chelsea and United boss Mourinho was in the studio working for Sky Sports in his first role as pundit on English television.

And he felt Blues legend Lampard was lacking in experience in his starting lineup.

He named one player who he felt should have been involved.

He said: "It's not about being senior or not senior, it's about performance, you have to go for meritocracy, the ones who deserve to play are the ones who have to play.

"If Willian is injured, I understand that feeling he's not here, but if he's not injured and is just late on his preparation, I don't understand why he's not here because to play 20 minutes, 30 minutes, you don't need to be fit, you can come from three weeks of injury and if you come with the right mentality you are ready.

"If Kante can play 30 to 35 minutes, he can start the game.

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"I'm not there and maybe the reality is completely different. One thing I was always very critical with is when I am the manager and you are the pundits sometimes you say things that I think to myself 'you don't know what is going on, what are you saying'.

"Maybe Frank listens to us and says 'Kante it's impossible to play', but my feeling is today they had possibility to play with a team with more know-how. [Marcos] Alonso, [N'Golo] Kante, [Olivier] Giroud on the bench and to come to Old Trafford, even if this is not a huge Manchester United that used to scare people, it's still Manchester United.

"A little bit of experience would fit well with the team.

"Look at the performance of Mason Mount, of Tammy Abraham, Christensen even, for matches of this dimension you need a little bit more."