Saturday, March 4, 2017

Mourinho: Man United only have themselves to blame

Jose Mourinho refused to comment on the controversial incidents in Bournemouth vs Manchester United.

Instead, United’s manager preferred to focus on the deficiencies of his own team.

Mourinho’s team had the opportunity to move into the top four, but struggled to a 1-1 draw despite dominating the match.

“What happened was that we played phenomenal in the first half and should have been winning 3-0 or 4-0 – then it ended up 1-1,” Mourinho said.

“Who can I blame? Ourselves. Nobody else. We missed big chances.

“In the second half we played different team __with a man less.

“I understand their need for one point in the survival battle and they just defended to make it difficult for us. I understand that. And on top of that the goalkeeper was phenomenal.

“We felt pressure of the clock running down and lost the quality of our attacking football.

“We didn’t lose intensity or desire but the reality is we didn’t score goals.”

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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) March 4, 2017