So far, he has made only two starts: in the Community Shield and in the 3-1 League Cup victory over Northampton Town on 21 September.
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United was pegged back by a penalty and then took the lead against through Ander Herrera in the 68th minute before Smith dallied over a clearance and was dispossessed by substitute Marcus Rashford, who scored into an empty net.
Mourinho praised his team for producing a “positive performance” before rounding on critics following the coverage that accompanied back-to-back defeats to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford last week. “It’s always good to be at home”, he told MUTV, with United facing Leicester City, Zorya Luhansk and Stoke City at Old Trafford before the worldwide break.
Jose Mourinhi’s side managed to arrest a three-game losing streak by accounting for Rob Page’s League One outfit at Sixfields Stadium in the third round of the league cup.
“They have some good players and of course you need time for everybody, but unluckily in football, time is not what you have every time”.
“They tried to cause us problems, which they did at times, so it was a hard match but overall it was a positive performance”.
In the little post-match activity he did, the Portuguese underlined his anger that Jak McCourt’s tackle on Memphis Depay early in the second half brought a booking rather than a red card.
“I think I should stop to speak about referees’ decisions”.
“A couple of minutes ago I told about the red card because it’s really a unsafe situation”. I think the midfield worked really well and were in control of the game.
“It’s hard to adjust – new manager, some new players”, the Uruguayan said in a phone interview from Dubai on Tuesday, where Mumbai were preparing for the third Indian Super League season.
“It is disappointing but from their effort I can’t complain with that at all”, the Cobblers boss said.
“I would love to continue playing”.
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“We deserved it. It was as I was expecting”.
