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Published 20:37 12 Jul 2021 BST
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"Because people think I don’t like Luke Shaw, I have to say, amazing tournament. A fantastic final," he said. "No defensive mistakes. Very solid. On top of that he improved and improved, and improved. "He scored a goal that doesn’t mean much but for him, for his career, for the way he grew up, very good. Very good Luke Shaw."
Andros Townsend then asked Mourinho about how he dealt with Shaw while managing him, and Mourinho's response was not what many people will have expected.
"I always tried to find what I considered to be the weakness of the player and sometimes I’m successful, other times I’m not," Mourinho explained. "Other times I can create empathy with the player and get the best out of them. "Other times the best way to get the best out of them is not to create empathy and is to try to to create some friction and to put pressure on the player. "Maybe I was too harsh with him and he was not ready for that."Those last five words do suggest Mourinho isn't quite ready to take full responsibility for the fallout that occurred over that period of time, but this is the closest we'll probably ever get to an apology from the newly appointed Roma manager.
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