The game finished 2-1 in favour of United, who gained their first piece of silverware under the new manager.
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“I have my career, he has his career”, Mourinho said, in comments published by several British newspapers on Sunday. “Schmeichel is a goalkeeper but he was clearly watching videos of his dad, and at right-back they have someone who looked like Rory Delap with the long throw-ins but it was Luis Hernandez”. Mata is the smallest one.
We did and I think at the minimum we deserved to arrive at the penalty shootout. He gave me exactly what I needed. You can do what you want on the pitch. Mourinho paid tribute to his former boss Louis van Gaal. In the second half we pushed a lot and we tried to score.
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“But to come to Manchester United and play your first official match at Wembley with these responsibilities, without [Chris] Smalling – he was really good”.
“My ambition is a stupid ambition”, Mourinho added. We wanted to win the prize again and we did it.
Lingard enjoyed a promising debut season under Louis van Gaal and also played a vital role in the FA Cup final when the club were last at Wembley, scoring the winning goal of the match.
“But our desire to do well and work and improve [is our biggest strength]”.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic of Manchester United lifts the Community Shield trophy.
“It feels good”, said the summer signing from Paris Saint Germain. “That is new and we won today and hopefully we can win more”.
“They brought an intensity to the game which was hard for us to cope with”, he added.
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Despite the win, Mourinho recognized that his team was not at its optimum level yet with only a week to go until the Premier League season begins for United at Bournemouth.
