Man United ‘really punished’ by festive schedule

Jose Mourinho believes Manchester United have been “really punished” by the fixture scheduling this Christmas.

As if denting Manchester City’s 11-point lead at the Premier League summit wasn’t hard enough, tonight’s trip to Leicester kicks off a run of four top-flight games in 10 days.

United highlighted their “fixture frenzy” by publishing research on their website showing that “United have a harder time of it than our rivals towards the top of the table”.