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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-14T16:37:39.000Z",
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    "Premier League boss tells club he will leave at the end of the season",
    "Mikel Arteta goes on animated rant after being pressed on Arsenal crumbling: 'Fire! I'm on fire!'",
    "Man United star should never play for the club again after dreadful display in Leeds defeat",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBruno Fernandes channelled Jose Mourinho's infamous 2014 media moment when declining to comment on referee Paul Tierney following Manchester United's 2-1 defeat to Leeds United at Old Trafford on Monday evening.\n\nThe Portuguese captain, visibly frustrated after the final whistle, told Sky Sports: \"I'm not talking about the referee. If I talk about the referee I'm going to get in very big trouble because the rules are different for everyone and they play different for everyone.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHis response bore a striking resemblance to Mourinho's viral remarks after Chelsea lost to Aston Villa 12 years ago, when the then-Blues manager said: \"I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I am in big trouble. In big trouble. And I don't want to be in big trouble.\"\n\nMichael Carrick was equally scathing in his assessment, branding the dismissal \"shocking\" and questioning the direction of modern football.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe United manager said: \"That's a red card then? The game's gone.\"\n\nSpeaking to Sky Sports, Carrick described it as \"one of the worst I've ever seen\" and insisted his defender had done nothing aggressive.\n\nCarrick explained: \"He's literally tickled his hair. First of all, he got a forearm smash in his face.\n\n\"As Licha is reacting to that and trying to grab all his shirt, he's off-balance a little bit with the tussle. He kind of touches the back of his head and the bobble ends up popping out.\"\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe manager added: \"He didn't pull. It wasn't aggressive. He didn't jolt. It wasn't anything like that.\"\n\nThe incident occurred in the 54th minute when Martinez and Dominic Calvert-Lewin contested for the ball.\n\nReferee Tierney initially missed the altercation, but VAR intervened and directed him to the pitchside monitor.\n\nAfter reviewing the footage, which showed Martinez pulling the Leeds striker's hair, Tierney issued a straight red card for violent conduct.\n\n### LATEST SPORT NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Premier League boss tells club he will leave at the end of the season\n  * Mikel Arteta goes on animated rant after being pressed on Arsenal crumbling: 'Fire! I'm on fire!'\n  * Man United star should never play for the club again after dreadful display in Leeds defeat\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nUnited were already trailing 2-0 at that stage, having conceded twice in the opening half.\n\nThe dismissal left Carrick's side with 10 men for more than half an hour as they attempted to salvage something from the contest.\n\nFernandes provided his sixth assist of the campaign when setting up Casemiro to reduce the deficit, but the hosts could not find an equaliser.\n\nNoah Okafor's double in the first half proved decisive as Leeds claimed their first league victory at Old Trafford since 1981.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe result marked a historic occasion for the Yorkshire club, ending a 45-year wait for an away league triumph against their fierce rivals.\n\nFor United, the defeat compounds their difficulties as they prepare for a challenging run of fixtures without their Argentine centre-back.\n\nMartinez faces a three-match suspension that rules him out of Saturday's trip to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea.\n\nHe will also be unavailable for subsequent home fixtures against Brentford and Liverpool.\n\nUnited currently sit seven points clear of sixth-placed Chelsea, but with only six matches remaining and five Champions League places potentially available through the European Performance Spot, every result carries significant weight.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Manchester United star recreates iconic Jose Mourinho moment as he refuses to answer question"
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