BEFORE going any further, let me make it clear that I don't have any allegiance to either Manchester United or Everton.

There, having said that, what a difference in class between the clubs' two managers.

I've just been listening to BBC Five Live in the car, and the interviews with United's Jose Mourinho and Everton's Ronald Koeman could not have been more of a contrast.

Mourninho, having seen his team let another winning position slip when Marouane Fellaini gave away a clumsy late penalty, was like a spoilt child - not for the first time.

Asked about the penalty decision, he petulantly refused to comment. Asked about United defender Marcos Rojo's terrible tackle in the first half, he also refused to answer. His dummy was firmly wedged between his lips.

Anyone watching the game on TV will have seen that Rojo should have been sent-off for a late, high, two-footed challenge in the first half. Instead, he got a yellow. Had a United player been the victim of such a challenge, Mourinho would no doubt have made his feelings very clear indeed. It would have been yet another example of how the world is against Manchester United.

Koeman followed Mourinho into the interview studio. Asked about the the Rojo challenge, it would have been easy for Koeman to sound off about the tackle that could easily have left his player with a serious injury.

But he didn't. He eloquently and diplomatically explained that such decisions are difficult for the referee. A yellow card was the official's decision and that should be accepted. A draw, he said, was a fair result. It was refreshing to hear.

Mourinho's uncompromising, snarling attitude, on the other hand, has become tedious and he does his club no credit whatsoever.

That said, he'd make a cracking Bond villain, stroking a cat and sending his enemies - journalists, referees, and Arsene Wenger - into a shark-infested pool with the press of a button.