Mourinho also confirmed that he will start with Rashford against Feyenoord, as he poured praise on the wonder-kid who made his mark in the second half of the Manchester derby.
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Bravos mistake led to a first-half goal for United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, but Guardiola has insisted his new recruit will come good. But, except for one or two from Kevin [De Bruyne], we didn’t finish.
“Well, performances are the deciding factor [in how he’ll choose his team]”.
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho felt let down by his players after the hosts suffered a 2-1 defeat to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City on Saturday.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Jesse Lingard were hauled off to make way for the teenager and Ander Herrera, and despite United’s defeat the “personality” of Rashford’s performance has persuaded the manager to play him from the word go at Feyenoord on Thursday.
“I’ll help him every day, him and all the others, in any way I can”.
De Bruyne shone as Manuel Pellegrini’s side reached the Champions League semifinals, but they fell short in the Premier League and only just pipped Manchester United to fourth spot.
Mourinho has highlighted Ibrahimovic as a key role model for the young players at Old Trafford, but the 34-year-old believes they would flourish without him.
“But I did at half-time, we changed the direction of the game but we didn’t get the compensation I think we deserved in the second half”.
When asked if some positions are up for grabs in the starting XI, Mourinho said only this: “Performances are the only way that I can decide”. It’s their fault and it’s my fault because I’m the manager.
“They didn’t give me what I want”.
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“He coped with many situations but you never know the way they are going to react, especially when you don’t know them so well”. I’m very happy for my team because they worked very hard and I’m happy for the fans too. I like goalkeepers to play in front and after that United’s goal, he continued playing in our build-up, playing long balls and coming out to pick it up.
