Former Manchester United, Chelsea and Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has defended the style of play employed by his previous teams, saying he didn't always have the players he needed for aesthetic football.
Mourinho previously held a reputation as one of the world's best coaches and has often utilised defensive tactics to great effect on the way to trophies with various clubs.
Speaking to beIN Sports (h/t Football Italia), the manager was asked about the manner of his previous teams' performances and said he thinks criticism of his style is unfair:
"You are in the direction of a lie told a thousand times become truth and it is not true.