Battle lines drawn as Jose seeks fan support

Jose Mourinho strode proudly onto the Old Trafford pitch, draped in club colours, looking for all the world like an omnipotent Caesar enjoying the spoils of war before his adoring public, writes Ian Whittell

It was certainly an historic evening, in the aftermath of Tottenham’s clinical 3-0 dismantling of Mourinho’s Manchester United, although not in the way the manager’s “celebrations” suggested.