‘It’s not him being a match victor that makes me change my mind, ‘ said Mourinho.
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“I think we are going to have a very quiet week, not surrounded by helicopters waiting for someone to arrive or leave – I am more than happy with the squad I have”.
“When the team was chasing the ball against Leicester in the Community Shield and again tonight, he made a difference for us”. He gave us diversity when he came on’.
“We play now with a second man behind Zlatan (Ibrahimovic)”, Mourinho continued.
To be fair, Fellaini didn’t look in too bad a way when he kindly offered a helping hand to a lady caught up in the celebratory throng that followed Marcus Rashford’s late victor.
“I have two weeks before the next match, I have to analyse the opponent and see the way my boys are coming back from the global games”, Mourinho said.
It’s awesome when I look to my side and I see the people on the bench suffering with us and then jumping for the goal.
“I have to analyse”.
“The important thing is that he is working very well”.
“You are not going to drop another player when they are doing well”.
Somewhat surprisingly, particularly for the hosts, both sides have begun the season with ideal records and Jose Mourinho’s men were expected to continue that run.
Despite chaos off the pitch, Hull’s players have shown remarkable strength in adversity on it, withstanding United’s pressure until the final seconds in torrential rain in east Yorkshire.
The uncertainty over the club’s future might also be at an end, however, with vice-chairman Ehab Allam writing in the programme that the match could be his family’s last as owners, with takeover talks with a Chinese consortium well advanced.
“It is disappointing for the players, they have put a serious amount of work in to get to a point where they think they have a result”, Hull caretaker manager Mike Phelan said.
Hull are expected to complete the signing of goalkeeper David Marshall from Cardiff next week after the Welsh club confirmed they had accepted a bid.
After a dismal title defence last season, Chelsea look revitalised under new manager Antonio Conte and the Italian was able to celebrate his third successive win after the most emphatic display of his brief reign.
The 20-time English champions got their signings in early, which allowed them to make a solid start in the Premier League this season.
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“In the last three games we haven’t played our best, we are still gelling and improving”. We tried and tried and got it.
