Jose Mourinho was much confident of his boys and since the day he walked into Old Trafford last summer he was telling people that he had identified the central factor in Manchester United’s failure to compete in the Premier League. But after this draw with Arsenal and that too through a last minute goal by Arsenal can put Jose Mourinho in a tight spot and he might be struggling for many answers now about his team’s performance. Even this time Arsenal fans sang a song to Jose Mourinho as he stood on the touchline with his hands in the pockets. “You’re not special anymore.”
However, even after the match resulted into a 1-1 Jose Mourinho says that we had Gunners amazing players under complete control. The 53-year-old hailed his team’s attempt to nullify Arsenal in spite of their failed attempt to hold onto a slender lead. Mourinho said in the post-match press conference that “So finally I lost against Arsenal!”“We didn’t see amazing [Arsenal] players,” he said. “We didn’t see them. [They were] so completely under control.”“We don’t have very strong people in the air to cope with the cross,” he said. “[But] it is normal [with Rashford.] He is a young kid that I put for the last minute on the left side because I know he has the pace to deal with the pressure of a left back. Marcus was caught in a left back position.”
Jose further added “We know we are the unlucky team in the Premier League. [Against] Burnley, Stoke and Arsenal [we deserved] nine points easily. With those [nine points] we would be near the top of the league. “How long [has] Mr. Wenger [had] with his team? How long is Maurice [Mauricio Pochettino] with his team at Tottenham? How long is Klopp with his team? Chelsea and Liverpool don’t play in Europe. If you remember what Brendan Rodgers did with Liverpool two years ago when they didn’t have to play in Europe? The level of experience of Man City… We are in a very difficult Premier League. I know the players know, the board know, the owners know, the public and the Man United fans know. We are very, very happy with our work.”
While Wenger said “Maybe it’s a mental block here because for a while it didn’t go well for us here,” he said. “Was it fatigue a mental switch on after the international break? I don’t know. I don’t think that’s an explanation. Offensively we’ve played better and we did not have our usual style going forward. We were not sharp enough.”
