In fact, defender Trent Alexander-Arnold said the allegations of abuse of a team-mate were a “disgrace to football”.
“What has happened is a disgrace to football and overshadows the performance,” Alexander-Arnold said. “It was an incredible goal.”
“Vinny has been through this many times throughout his career. It’s a shame to ruin a night like this for our team.”
“There is no place for something like that in football or society. It’s disgusting.”
Former Real Madrid midfielder Clarence Seedorf, an expert on Amazon Prime, said Mourinho had “made a big mistake by justifying racial abuse”.
“I think he’s still emotional,” the Dutchman said.
“He’s saying it’s okay for Vinicius to call you racist and I think that’s very wrong.
“We should never justify racial abuse. Vinicius has had enough of such unjustified behavior from people. I know Mourinho would agree with me, but he expressed his position a little unfortunately.”
Former England and Arsenal striker Theo Walcott, who worked with Seedorf, also criticized Mourinho’s comments.
“I’m a very calm, collected person and I’m not someone who gets angry very often,” Walcott said.
“I love everything Jose Mourinho has done in football, but he made some bad decisions, probably one night when we shouldn’t have heard from him, one night when he shouldn’t have been in front of the cameras.”
Former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has recalled his experience of racist abuse during his playing career on CBS.
“I empathize with what Vinicius Jr. is going through. It’s happened to me too many times on the field. Sometimes you feel alone because your words will go against his words, because we don’t know what he said,” Henry said.
“He had his shirt over his mouth. Obviously, he already looked suspicious because he didn’t want people to see what he said.”
“Let’s see how great Prestianni is. Tell me what you said.”
