Video: Jose Mourinho spoils football freestyler and Swansea fan’s fun by slapping the ball off his head mid-trick before Manchester United clash
Manchester United manager was in the mood for a laugh before kick off at the Liberty Stadium
WATCH the moment Jose Mourinho spoils a freestyler's fun by slapping a football off his head mid-trick.
The Manchester United manager had been under fire ahead of his side's 3-1 win at Swansea on Sunday, but was able to enjoy a joke before kick off.
Professional football freestyler and Swans fan Ash Randall recorded himself balancing a ball on the side of his head at the Liberty Stadium before the match had begun.
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As he performs the trick, with his head peaking mere metres away from the dugout, Wayne Rooney, Michael Carrick, Daley Blind and Ashley Young pass by without a second glance.
United first-team coach Silvino Louro pretends to flick the ball as he passes.
But Mourinho cannot help himself, and bats the ball off Randall's noggin.
Randall then laughs and says: "There is always one!"
United went on to win the match comfortably and fans were pleased to see Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic net in the Premier League clash.
Despite easing the pressure on himself, Mourinho still found a way to dig out his players in his post-match press conference.
He criticised defenders Luke Shaw and Chris Smalling, who did not travel due to injury, saying the pair refused to be in his match-day squad and that they betrayed United's "culture".
The Portuguese blasted: "I have a friend who is a big tennis player and he tells me when he remembered more the times he plays with pain than the times he plays without pain.
"To compete you have to go to the limit. It is cultural for some – and that is not my culture. More than me, it is Man United.
"We have players with ‘problems’. At every sport – and I know because I have friends in others sports and they play at the highest level in their sport, and how many times they play when you are not 100 per cent."