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Jose Mourinho heavily criticised the "personality" of many of his Manchester United players despite a 2-0 win over Brighton in the FA Cup quarterfinals on Saturday.
Nemanja Matic set up Romelu Lukaku to net United's opener before scoring himself in the second half, and Mourinho said the Serbian was a cut above the rest of his teammates, who failed to follow instructions.
"I want more personality in the team," Mourinho told BT Sport. "I felt like Matic was an island of personality, of desire, of control, surrounded by not water but surrounded by lack of class, lack of personality, lack of desire."
Mourinho also defended the effort of midfielder Scott McTominay, despite a below-par performance from the 21-year-old.
"I have to say, for example, [Scott] McTominay lost more passes today than in all the matches he played together," Mourinho added.
"But he was a Manchester United player, and for me a Manchester United player is a player that when he plays bad, he gives to the team. That's a question of personality, that's a Manchester United player for me.
"The perfect Manchester United player is the one that has quality and personality and is consistent on that, but when you play bad -- and as a football player you can play bad -- when you play bad you must have that personality that a kid with 20 years old had, and some of the others they didn't have."
Mourinho's criticism comes just a day after he made an emotional 12-minute speech during which he called into question United's "football heritage" in the wake of their Champions League exit on Tuesday.