Luke Shaw launched a scathing criticism of former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho and his \u201cstrange\u201d personal agenda, with the Red Devils and England full-back insisting \u201cclearly I\u2019m in his head\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mourinho managed Shaw at United from 2016 until he was sacked in 2018 and the Portuguese boss was often critical of the England international publicly in Manchester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaw has since flourished under the guidance of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at United, but Mourinho \u2013 now in charge of Serie A side Roma following his Tottenham sacking \u2013 took aim at the Englishman\u2019s poor corner-taking for England at Euro 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After England\u2019s win over the Czech Republic, Mourinho told talkSPORT: \u201cThe negative thing I would say is once more they were very poor on attacking corners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe service was dramatically bad. They have so many good players to attack corners. The crosses are not passing the first man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLuke Shaw, in my opinion, very good tonight but very poor on the corner. [Kalvin] Phillips, the same. England has great power at this level and going to knockouts, one corner can decide a game.\u201dRelated Articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to Mourinho\u2019s latest barb, Shaw \u2013 back in the national team following his return to form at club level \u2013 said: \u201cI don\u2019t understand it. I don\u2019t know why he is still going on and wanting to point at me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t feel like the set-pieces were as bad as he was saying. I might have done one in the second half, a corner, that didn\u2019t get over the first man. But that was one out of three. The other two or three, I don\u2019t think, were as \u2018dramatically bad\u2019 as he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLook, he has got to do his job. I\u2019m used to him saying negative stuff about me, so I just pass it by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis voice is obviously very big. He likes to talk a lot about me, as everyone has seen recently. But his voice is his own. He can say what he wants, I will focus on myself. I take set-pieces at United, so it wasn\u2019t as if it was something I wasn\u2019t ready for.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaw \u2013 gearing up for the Euro 2020 last-16 showdown against Germany \u2013 added: \u201cHe likes some players, he doesn\u2019t like others. I fell into the category where he didn\u2019t like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI tried as hard as I could to get back into his side but it never worked out, no matter what I did. There is no hiding that we didn\u2019t get on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think he was a brilliant manager but, you know, the past is the past. It\u2019s time to move on. I\u2019m trying to move on but obviously he can\u2019t. He continuously talks about me, which I find quite strange. Even some of the lads [here] have said \u2018what\u2019s his problem?\u2019 and \u2018why does he keep talking?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHopefully, he can find his peace with that and stop worrying about me. Clearly, I\u2019m in his head a lot and he thinks about me a lot. I don\u2019t think any of you realise the two or three years I had with him and how bad [the criticism] was then. What he says now is nothing compared to how it used to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI find it easy to ignore him now and even laugh about it. But it\u2019s better just to ignore it. I knew if time came into it, I would be able to outlast him and I have. I can now just focus on getting better and improving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s clash, England have never won a European Championship knockout match in 90 minutes (D4 L2) \u2013 four games have gone to penalties, with the Three Lions only progressing once via this method, against Spain at EURO 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shaw \u2013 gearing up for the Euro 2020 last-16 showdown against Germany \u2013 added: \u201cHe likes some players, he doesn\u2019t like others. I fell into the category where he didn\u2019t like me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI tried as hard as I could to get back into his side but it never worked out, no matter what I did. There is no hiding that we didn\u2019t get on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think he was a brilliant manager but, you know, the past is the past. It\u2019s time to move on. I\u2019m trying to move on but obviously he can\u2019t. He continuously talks about me, which I find quite strange. Even some of the lads [here] have said \u2018what\u2019s his problem?\u2019 and \u2018why does he keep talking?\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHopefully, he can find his peace with that and stop worrying about me. Clearly, I\u2019m in his head a lot and he thinks about me a lot. I don\u2019t think any of you realise the two or three years I had with him and how bad [the criticism] was then. What he says now is nothing compared to how it used to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI find it easy to ignore him now and even laugh about it. But it\u2019s better just to ignore it. I knew if time came into it, I would be able to outlast him and I have. I can now just focus on getting better and improving.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ahead of Tuesday\u2019s clash, England have never won a European Championship knockout match in 90 minutes (D4 L2) \u2013 four games have gone to penalties, with the Three Lions only progressing once via this method, against Spain at EURO 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
England\u2019s last four victories have all been by a 1-0 score, as many as their previous 26 wins had been. The only previous year they have had five 1-0 wins was in 1990, with two of those wins coming at the 1990 World Cup when they reached the semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source:\u00a0livescore<\/p>\n\n\n\n