The Red Devils slumped to a disappointing 1-0 loss to Feyenoord in their Europa League opener on Thursday night just days after they suffered a 2-1 defeat by bitter local rivals Manchester City at Old Trafford in the Premier League.
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Jose Mourinho bemoaned a “clear offside” goal after Manchester United’s Europa League campaign got off to a losing start against Feyenoord.
Man United boss Jose Mourinho rues the offsides goal from Feyenoord and talks about giving games to his fringe players.
United have lost two games in a week.
“It should belong to them and that is what I expect from them – it is that on Sunday we will try to win the match, normal”.
Luke Shaw is expected to return to Manchester United’s starting line-up on Sunday at Watford and the defender insists it’s vital the team get off to a fast start in a bid to move on from back-to-back defeats.
Smalling said that a third consecutive loss is “unacceptable”, and he admitted “we didn’t play up to our standards” last evening. “So we go back to a normal team without so many changes”.
Man United’s first attempt came in the 17th minute when Pogba, who was operating in a three-man midfield, sent a free kick towards the top corner, but Jones shuffled across to make the save as the score remained goalless after a tight opening to the clash in Netherlands.
“You can say I changed eight players”.
They have played 58 games without him in all competitions in that period, winning 28 (48 percent of games.) The forward made his United debut in 2004, with the most prolific season being in 2011-12 as he struck 34 goals in 43 appearances in all competitions. “I know the situation is not a case of clicking your fingers and everything is ideal, but to be honest I think we didn’t play phenomenal matches in these two defeats but to lose both I think is a punishment for the team because I think we deserved more”.
“I think in that first half they won pretty much every second ball and they had aggression and determination far better than ours”.
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“In the second half we were always in control, we were trying to win the game and they were trying not to lose”, he said.
