The result represents Mourinho’s heaviest ever Premier League defeat and piles the pressure on the Portuguese.
The Red Devils scraped an unconvincing opening day win over Leicester but suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at Brighton a week later.
And with the campaign just three games old, they already find themselves playing catch up in the title race.
There have been suggestions that Mourinho’s job is in danger, with former Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane reportedly waiting in the wings.
But McNulty insists Old Trafford chiefs will not panic and are prepared to give Mourinho time to turn things around.
But McNulty insists Old Trafford chiefs will not panic and are prepared to give Mourinho time to turn things around.
“In the closing minutes, with United outmanoeuvred and Old Trafford emptying at a rapid rate, this resembled one of those games from the miserable David Moyes months,” he said.
“When superior sides such as Manchester City and Liverpool came to the Theatre of Dreams and made off with the points with plenty to spare.
“United are not about to be panicked into dismissing a manager they have set so much store by and one who has spent so heavily since he arrived at Old Trafford.
“And, for the record, Mourinho has won the EFL Cup and Europa League and reached an FA Cup Final in his two full seasons at Old Trafford, more than Klopp and Pochettino have won at Liverpool and Spurs.
“When superior sides such as Manchester City and Liverpool came to the Theatre of Dreams and made off with the points with plenty to spare.
“United are not about to be panicked into dismissing a manager they have set so much store by and one who has spent so heavily since he arrived at Old Trafford.
“And, for the record, Mourinho has won the EFL Cup and Europa League and reached an FA Cup Final in his two full seasons at Old Trafford, more than Klopp and Pochettino have won at Liverpool and Spurs.
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“Like his past record, though, this is neither here nor there as United consider their immediate and plentiful problems.
“Klopp and Pochettino are moving forward. Mourinho is currently a manager in reverse.
“Like his past record, though, this is neither here nor there as United consider their immediate and plentiful problems.
“Klopp and Pochettino are moving forward. Mourinho is currently a manager in reverse.
“Mourinho faces a huge challenge, starting at Burnley this weekend.
“He must prove he can piece together a recovery, and that this is not the start of an irreversible slide into decline that wrote the final chapters of his story in two spells at Chelsea.
“Two defeats in three games may not represent a crisis yet - but a glance at the league table shows United already six points behind Liverpool, Spurs and Chelsea and four adrift of Manchester City.
“Clearly not insurmountable at this stage, but with margins of error so fine at the top of the Premier League, Mourinho and United will not want their rivals moving any further ahead.
“Mourinho's task when he arrived at Manchester United was to restore what everyone at Old Trafford regarded as the old order, normal service.
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“It is early days, but the manner in which they ended up so badly beaten by Spurs at their own Old Trafford fortress made that restoration look a very long way away.”
United return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to Burnley.
“It is early days, but the manner in which they ended up so badly beaten by Spurs at their own Old Trafford fortress made that restoration look a very long way away.”
United return to Premier League action on Sunday with a trip to Burnley.
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