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Marcus Rashford takes swipe at Jose Mourinho's rigid tactics at Manchester United

Marcus Rashford believes Jose Mourinho's tactics prevented him from playing his best football at Manchester United under him as forwards were given no freedom to swap positions.

The 23-year-old was in conversation with Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand for BT Sport when the questioned was posed to Rashford as to whether he felt Mourinho afforded players to play free-flowing football.

'I think that's when we play our best football (when we can be flexible),' Rashford said.

Marcus Rashford explained why it was 'difficult' to play his best football under Jose Mourinho
Mourinho (right) was rigid in his approach, explained Rashford, as he said it was 'difficult'

'Under Jose (Mourinho) I would say everything was a bit (points) "you play there, you play there, you play there".