Mourinho is already under pressure at Old Trafford after falling six points behind Manchester City in the Premier League title race.
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United ended a run of three defeats with a win at Northampton in midweek, after which Mourinho called his critics “football Einsteins”.
United have yet to find a way to make Paul Pogba gel into the side, and the continued decline of Wayne Rooney must be causing Mourinho sleepless nights. “[You] try to have a game plan, try to identify some defensive and attacking agreements between all of us, then in the game the individual mistake you can be punished by that”. “I love red wine and if he offers I will go and drink it with him [after Saturday’s game]”. “I think a cup game against City at Old Trafford is the flawless draw for us”.
“We have three home matches now in a row and it is always good to be at home, ” Mourinho told MUTV.
“We’re all disappointed because I think we were in the game, but they’ve come, it’s one of the biggest teams in the world and we haven’t disgraced ourselves”.
Jose Mourinho has hit out at his critics after watching his Manchester United side return to winning ways on Wednesday night. More than lose, what can we do there? Why?
Tottenham, missing injured England striker Harry Kane, travel to the north-east to face Middlesbrough, who started well before losing their last two games.
Herrera was one of the nine United changes at Sixfields and staked his claim for a regular starting berth with a solid display, striking the post from distance before finding the net with a thunderous effort. The 20-year-old Frenchman was substituted during United’s 3-1 loss to Watford last weekend after sustaining a head injury, but is unavailable for their latest match because of a contusion in the calf.
Liverpool’s victory at Stamford Bridge took them up to sixth and they will be fancied for a third successive league victory at home to Hull City.
“Hopefully we can win and we can keep being in the high (parts) of the table”.
Wayne Rooney has admitted fears over being potentially dropped by Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
One of those will be on display in the early kickoff on Saturday, when Manchester United host the champions Leicester City.
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Record £29million signing Islam Slimani scored twice on his debut in last week’s 3-0 win over Burnley while Jamie Vardy scored 24 goals in their Premier League title win last season.
