If Manchester City’s players look invigorated and excited in an innovative, dynamic system, Manchester United’s look tired, confused and a little frightened in a more than familiar one.

Jose Mourinho’s tactical system isn’t entertaining the Old Trafford crowd and it isn't producing the results it used to. Does Mourinho need to change his way of thinking? Or is he right to criticise the players for getting it wrong?

The wrong players on the pitch

The tactical ideas that Mourinho brought to Porto back in the early 2000s, back before the iPhone was even invented, were the same he took to Chelsea, then Inter Milan, then Real Madrid… and then again at Chelsea.

At United, Mourinho has done nothing unexpected and set the team out in a 4-2-3-1 and occasionally a 4-3-3. Meanwhile, iPhones (other smart phones are available), that great invention of the 21st century, are as normal as cornflakes, despite letting you use the internet on a train, take a slow motion video on the beach or play Sonic 2 on an aeroplane.