Nevertheless, the Portuguese was bullish in accusing critics of attempting to undermine the legacies of both himself and the club ahead of clashes with Leicester City, Zorya Luhansk and Stoke City.
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A rather hard week for Manchester United and Jose Mourinho took a turn for the better when the Red Devils managed to come away with a 3-1 victory over Northampton Town in the EFL Cup to progress through to the 4th round of the competition.
The draw immediately followed United’s 3-1 win over Northampton Town at Sixfields Stadium which ended the Red Devils’ run of three matches and three defeats.
“Hopefully we can win and we can keep being in the high (parts) of the table”.
With Marouane Fellaini and Wayne Rooney playing in midfield against Watford, the passing in the middle of the pitch was too slow and predictable.
“I could score another goal before but I am very happy because when you score you can help the team more”.
“But I think collectively the team was fine”.
“We know we have controlled the game and when you control the game, that’s when midfielders control the ball, control the game as well”.
With a quarter-final place up for grabs, the Manchester giants will face for the second time in just six weeks, with the Blues winning the September derby 2-1.
“I understand completely but I’m sure that with the team going back home (against Premier League champions Leicester City on Saturday) they will be behind the team like they always are”.
“We deserved to win clearly”, said Mourinho “[It was as] hard as I was expecting, but we were totally in control for the first 35 minutes and then we were again in control for the last 45.
“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”.
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“It might be that they’re failing to understand Jose Mourinho’s ideas, or they’re struggling to play the style he wants”.
