Jack Grealish has hit back Roy Keane after being criticised by the pundit for not taking a penalty in England's Euro 2020 final defeat by Italy.
Both Mourinho and Keane questioned why senior players, including Grealish, weren't taking a penalty in the shoot-out for England after Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka missed from the spot.
And Grealish responded on Twitter, saying: I said I wanted to take one!!!! The gaffer has made so many right decisions through this tournament and he did tonight!
'But I won’t have people say that I didn’t want to take a peno when I said I will…'
Jack Grealish has hit back at suggestions he might not have wanted to take an England penalty
Grealish took to Twitter after Roy Keane queried where senior players were in the shoot-out
Roy Keane was scathing of England's senior players for not protecting Saka in the shootout
Keane offered his sympathy for the 19-year-old Saka, who missed the decisive spot-kick, and questioned why other England players didn't step up.
'If you're Grealish or Sterling, you can't have a young kid step up in front of you,' the former Republic of Ireland and Manchester United captain told ITV.
'You can't sit there and say "I see a 19-year-old kid walk in front of me, when I've played a lot more games, a lot more experience..." and Sterling, who has won trophies.
'I'm not saying he wasn't prepared, he might have been (penalty taker) six or seven, (but) you can't sit there. It must be hard to take. You've got to get in front of this kid and say "listen, I'm gonna step up in front of you".'
Grealish, 25, was one of boss Gareth Southgate's go-to players from the bench throughout the tournament and started only one match in the 1-0 win against Czech Republic.
Gary Neville added that he expected Sterling or Grealish to take a penalty before Saka.
'When we saw Saka walk up we probably expected to see Grealish or Sterling go up first before him,' Neville said.
'But they would have looked at who's missed, when, who's taken one. Grealish hasn't taken one in two seasons. So obviously there's something wrong there with his penalty taking. And Gareth will have looked at that and brought (on as substitutes) the boys most likely to score, in his mind.
'They would have worked out over the last few weeks in camp, done sessions on it, looked at who's scoring the most and got the best record. It would be scientific, it would be data-led.'
Keane's sentiments were echoed by Jose Mourinho on talkSPORT on Monday, but the Roma manager didn't name Grealish as a player who should have stepped up.
Mourinho said: 'In this situation, where was Raheem Sterling? Where was John Stones? Where was Luke Shaw? Why didn't Jordan Henderson or Kyle Walker stay on the pitch?
'I think it's too much for a kid to have everything on his shoulders in this moment, but I don't know, I have to ask that question to Gareth because many times what happens is that players who should be there are not there, players who should be there, they run away from the responsibility.
'And because I feel Gareth is such an honest guy and is so protective of his players, I don't believe Gareth would ever say if "Player A or Player B" ran away or hid or said they were not ready to take one.'
Southgate explained after the game that it was his decision to select Saka as one of the penalty takers over the more experienced players in his squad.
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