(Nordin) Amrabat receives the ball and our left-back (Shaw) is 25 metres from him instead of five. Even at 25 you have to jump and go and press but no, we wait.
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While weight issues were the bug-bear for van Gaal, Mourinho was not pleased at Shaw, and his “mental attitude” after he was caught out of position for Watford’s second goal. In a couple of weeks, everything like this becomes ideal. “We can improve, we can work on it”, Mourinho said, as quoted by FourFourTwo. And that’s my job.
Fellaini in an interview with MUTV said, “At half-time, the manager told us to come out and play with confidence and we did that by grabbing the goal, we played with tempo and we need to start doing that from the first minute”.
Ibrahimovic was not the only one to be criticised by Dugarry as he also took aim at Mourinho, who had started his Old Trafford reign with three consecutive league wins before his team’s form dipped.
He added: “I was completely aware that we were not flawless, with lots of players who are not end products and can make their own mistakes”.
United never looked comfortable at Vicarage Road from the moment Anthony Martial, still groggy from an earlier clash of heads, was bundled off the ball in the lead-up to Watford’s opener for Etienne Capoue.
The France starlet did appear to be fouled in the build-up to the goal and was immediately substituted feeling dazed and confused.
“If you want to know, we spent 40 minutes talking before the game about everything in general”. Tactically, I think he doesn’t put anything in place. You are asking about things I can not tell you.
“Then the referee and the linesman’s mistake is not under my control”.
“That is not under my control”.
“But against Man City you know what happened in minute 55 [Claudio Bravo’s challenge on Wayne Rooney]”. “Balance is, for me, not running around the pitch when we were winning a couple of matches and nobody sees now me being too depressed”.
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Jose Mourinho’s side came out against a confident Watford side following their 4-2 victory over West Ham and they struggled to keep up with the home side. Miscommunication between David De Gea and Chris Smalling led to a gilt-edged opportunity for Watford striker Odion Ighalo in the first half, and was the first of many defensive issues on the day.
