Former Manchester United Defender, Phil Jones has revealed that he was raging when former manager Ralf Rangnick ‘humiliated’ him towards the end of his turbulent spell at the Red Devils.
Jones spent over a decade at Man United after being signed from Blackburn Rovers in 2011.
He made 229 appearances for Man United, winning the Premier League trophy in Sir Alex Ferguson’s final season in 2013.
Jones also won the FA Cup and Europa League during his spell at Old Trafford.
“I have never lost my head in a dressing room and I have never been emotional enough to lose myself in the dressing room, and I think that is the only time in my career that I completely lost it,” Jones said on the High-Performance podcast.
“I was absolutely raging. Raging. That he humiliated me. Humiliated me in front of an Anfield crowd first and foremost, fearsome rivals, and the fans and my family and the players.
“We were 2-0 down at half-time, weren’t great, I don’t think we had a shot on target in the first half. Nothing was coming off. And I’d actually done alright in the game.
“At half-time, I remember Ralf came in and said, “I’m going to make a change, Phil’s going to come off”.
“I remember the whole dressing room went like [eyes open] as if to say, “Is he bringing Phil off here?” I took my boots off and I slammed them on the floor and I said, “You’re taking the p*** out of me”.
“Everyone said, “calm down, calm down.” I get irate now (thinking about it), it really got to me.”
“I just couldn’t get my head around it.
“I apologised afterwards, I said, “It was out of character for me, I shouldn’t have done that, at that moment.”