Jose Mourinho aimed a Christmas Day dig at Manchester City, claiming the runaway Premier League leaders have been handed an unfair advantage by playing their next match more than a day later than his United team, AFP reports. United welcome Burnley to Old Trafford on Tuesday but City, who have a huge 13-point lead over their city rivals, won’t play again until Wednesday night when they travel to Newcastle. Last Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Leicester was the first of four top-flight games in 10 days for United. “It means probably they are not working today, it means they can be back to work tomorrow and prepare for the next day. “It’s the first Christmas without my father and I think that’s the most difficult one,” he said.

Source: Punch December 25, 2017 23:44 UTC