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Christmas crisis for Jose Mourinho as Manchester United boss fights to save his job

Jose Mourinho is fighting to save his job at Manchester United as he approaches a critical set of games over the Christmas period.

The manner of United's capitulation at Liverpool on Sunday has left Mourinho under huge pressure again following the club's worst start to a top-flight season in 28 years.

United face Cardiff, Huddersfield, Bournemouth and Newcastle over Christmas – four winnable games that could also be a potential banana skin for the 55-year-old.

Jose Mourinho is fighting to save his job at Manchester United over the busy Christmas period
The manner of the 3-1 defeat by Liverpool has ramped up the pressure on the Portuguese boss

Mourinho has appeared to be in trouble before this season and survived, but he is now odds-on to become the next Premier League boss to be axed.