2018 in the rearview mirror: Reliving Jose Mourinho's year, from ego tussle with Paul Pogba to kicking a wall

Somewhere in the middle of Manchester United’s lacklustre run in 2018, people started to notice that, at times, watching Jose Mourinho was more entertaining than watching his team play football. For, in 2018, the man with a penchant for rubbing people the wrong way seemed to get into a scrap with everything: star players, rival coaches, the media, and even a wall! As 2018 winds down, here’s a list of what Mourinho has done so far this season: Fought a brick wall

Jose vs. a brick wall pic.twitter.com/YCo0sCjDii

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) December 5, 2018

‘No water? Are we saving for January?’

Gave stats for his ’lovers’

Jose Mourinho’s message to his lovers. 😂
[by @samuelluckhurst]pic.twitter.com/OkL5J3a90A

— Man Utd Channel (@ManUtdChannel) November 29, 2018

Smashed a crate of bottles

Tried to punch Chelsea’s Marco Ianni

💥 Scenes at Stamford Bridge! 💥

Jose Mourinho says he has accepted an apology from @ChelseaFC assistant coach Marco Ianni, who sparked chaos in the dugout following Ross Barkley's last-minute equaliser! 😳

📲 https://t.co/kP8eN2ANKB pic.twitter.com/DUcdl5fa5a

— Sky Sports Premier League (@SkySportsPL) October 20, 2018

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Abused camera in Portuguese

BREAKING: José Mourinho has been charged following Manchester United’s game against Newcastle United on 6 October 2018. pic.twitter.com/r6rQosYa2w

— Sky Sports News (@SkySportsNews) October 16, 2018

Vouched for Paul Scholes’ freedom of speech

Is Jose Mourinho affected by Paul Scholes' comments?

Not in the slightest, apparently. pic.twitter.com/2n3vuqAI2e

— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) October 3, 2018

Accused a reporter from The Sun of bugging his cellphone

Earlier today, Jose Mourinho says The Sun's Neil Custis has bugged his phone. Cue awkward shuffling on his seat from Custis and a press officer hastily trying to move things along pic.twitter.com/a1RN8EH10w

— The Sun Apologies (@SunApology) October 1, 2018

Got into a scrap with Paul Pogba

The full extended version of José Mourinho and Paul Pogba today in training [via @MUnitedFrance]pic.twitter.com/FlKzj4vxk9

— RedMancunian (@RedMancunian) September 26, 2018

Threw shade at Chris Smalling over his haircut

Jose Mourinho is not a fan of Chris Smalling's new look 😂 pic.twitter.com/xxkIfpuH8G

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 15, 2018

Took a dive

Jose Mourinho’s arrival for England vs. Spain couldn’t have gone much worse… pic.twitter.com/AOBSPbrbR0

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) September 10, 2018

Chanted ‘respect, respect, respect’

Even by Jose Mourinho’s standards, this was quite something. pic.twitter.com/AK9QbyAKfq

— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 27, 2018

Got sent off to the stands for protesting a decision in 0-0 home draw against Burnley

Jose Mourinho was sent to the stands during Man Utd's 0-0 draw with Burnley today. He wasn't impressed, clearly...
🎥 https://t.co/9QAkhUIuVZ pic.twitter.com/ADw7mJGKr0

— AS USA (@English_AS) October 29, 2016

Got sent off to the stands again! This time, for angrily kicking away a bottle after Paul Pogba was shown yellow in match against West Ham United

Jose Mourinho sent to the stands... AGAIN pic.twitter.com/bJNncQAa3P

— NairaBET (@NairaBET) November 27, 2016

Reminded journalists and fans how his former teams had knocked out Manchester United at Old Trafford before. Right after United crashed out of the Champions League in the Last-16 at the hands of Sevilla

Taunted Juventus fans

Jose Mourinho has got the Juventus fans and players rattled at full time! 😬🤬

He's enjoyed that one A LOT! 🤫 pic.twitter.com/Gcmuyd3sDo

— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) November 7, 2018