Manchester United’s Juan Mata in touchline row with Jose Mourinho as the Spain star is taken off just 27 minutes after coming on in Wembley showpiece

JOSE MOURINHO was involved in a touchline row with Juan Mata – after hauling him off just 27 minutes after bringing him on.

The Spanish international midfielder was shown the door at Chelsea by the Special One when Manchester United came calling in 2014.

And the incident between the pair during the Community Shield win over Leicester raised fresh question marks over the £37.1 million man’s future.

Mourinho explained afterwards he had brought on new boy Henrikh Mkhitaryan in stoppage time for his extra height.

And he claimed Mata had eventually accepted his decision – even though the ex Valencia man looked furious.

Leicester had thrown keeper Kasper Schmeichel up and were sending long-throws into the United box as the clock ticked down. *

*And Mourinho said: *”I did something that was not nice to do which was take off Mata in the last minute – now he understands what I do, he’s fine.

"I couldn’t take off Fellaini or Ibra. Fellaini and Ibra they were very important to be on the pitch for Rory Delap’s throw-ins, and we want to win the game.

"The rules allow six changes, I had made five and I wanted to stop the game.

"I need to take off the smallest player because we were expecting a lot of long balls. He is the smallest one.

"But I think he played very well. He gave me exactly what I needed. We want to win and everyone is happy in the end."