Watford deservedly went into half-time 1-0 up after dominating the first half and, with Mourinho’s side not punishing Walter Mazzarri’s for their wastefulness, they eventually took the lead after 34 minutes when Etienne Capoue put Daryl Janmaat’s cut back into the net.
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The Red Devils fell to a third consecutive defeat on Sunday at Vicarage Road.
The breakthrough came at the other end in the 34th minute when Martial – who had previously received a nasty knock to the head – was dispossessed by Miguel Britos in a risky area, with referee Michael Oliver ignoring United claims for a foul.
I cannot control, I cannot improve the referee and linesman and I cannot be critic.
Jose Mourinho pinned the blame on Luke Shaw as Manchester United crashed to their third straight defeat. But further goals from Juan Camilo Zuniga and Troy Deeney, ensured United left with nothing.
“We can not control the referee, we can not control the lucky moments”.
United appeared to have weathered the early storm and Zlatan Ibrahimovic put a presentable chance wide midway through the first half after Marcus Rashford broke down the right and picked him out with a wonderful square pass.
“I feel that some individuals probably feel the pressure and responsibility too much”, he said.
“The second goal was an individual mistake”, said Mourinho. This news story is related to Latest/150817-Manchester-United-lose-3-1-to-Watford-third-defeat-in-eight-days/ – breaking news, latest news, pakistan ne.
“But was I thinking that my team was ready, perfect, unbeatable?” But against City, you know what happened minute 55.
“I think there is no debate, no controversy”. “I think you need someone who can stop the play – but he needs to be capable of controlling the game of football as well, playing forward, passing forward”. Today the first goal, Feyenoord you know that goal was in an offside position, we are punished by these mistakes’.
“I’m very happy for the fans, they told me it was 30 years since Watford beat United, so this win gives us a lot of satisfaction”. I’m very happy for my players, most of all happy for the three points, give us the confidence to keep working as we’ve been doing.
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Austin, who had scored twice against Sparta Prague in the Europa League on Thursday, could have grabbed a second after good work by the influential Dusan Tadic but his shot was well-saved by Lukasz Fabianski.
