Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho believes that his team does not get the points deserved. Remarks by the Special One comes after Manchester United lost the lead to Everton in the late minutes after late Fellaini’s substotution handed the Everton a point.
Good performance
“It was another game with a very good performance in a very difficult place to play,” said Mourinho.
“A very emotional stadium against a team with very good players.
“We are playing very well at home, being super dominant. We are playing very well away, controlling matches and performing really well with some amazing performance but not getting the results we deserve.”
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“I thought you would know more about football than you do,” said Mourinho, sarcastically.
“It is obvious. Everton is not a passing team. They play direct. Everything is direct. When a team is losing it plays direct, when you have a player on the bench with two metres (height) you play that player in front of the defensive line to win the match.”
Still, since September 24, United have won just one league game and, while Mourinho has undoubtedly made United harder to beat, a flurry of home draws has removed any prospect of a title challenge and made a top four challenge increasingly unlikely.
“It’s happened too many times, we’ve dropped too many points,” said United defender Phil Jones. “That’s four or five games I can think of where we have completely dominated and didn’t win. It’s happened again.”
Jones’ analysis was slightly jaundiced because United’s domination was not complete, although they were by far the better side for the opening 70 minutes.
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“You have to make a decision because when my teams are playing pragmatic football and winning matches and winning titles, you say it is not right and nice,” added Mourinho.
“When my teams play very very well, there is a huge change in relation to the past two or three years. Now you say what matters no matter is to get result, no matter what.
“At the moment teams are getting results, keeping the ball and playing on the counter-attack. You have to make a decision.”
The only other memorable moment of that first period involved United defender Marcos Rojo, who launched an appalling, flying two-footed challenge on Gueye that Oliver somehow decided was worth only a yellow card.
“It’s difficult,” said Everton manager Ronald Koeman.
“Maybe if the referee could watch it back, maybe it would be a red card. We always have discussions about red or yellow but it’s a fair result. Both teams didn’t deserve to lose.”
Everton, thanks to three substitutions made in quick succession around the hour mark, offered far more in a better second half.