Jose Mourinho has conceded he can not click his fingers and remedy Manchester United’s ills after watching his side surrender to a 1-0 defeat by Feyenoord in the Europa League.
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While the loss to their “noisy neighbours” will certainly be at the back of their minds, the Red Devils are also smarting from a shock 1-0 defeat to Feyenoord in their Europa League opener on Thursday evening. It’s an 8-1 shot that he’s gone before then.
Three defeats on the trot for Manchester United is more than enough for people to start suggesting there’s a crisis at Old Trafford.
He has made brilliant performances off the bench for Mourinho this season and was rewarded with a spot in the starting XI.
Feyenoord manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst has challenged his Eredivisie leaders to show how far they have come when going head-to-head with reigning champions PSV Eindhoven on Sunday. However, the Italian was at pains to play down how significant it would be to get one over his old adversary.
“Their second goal is a mistake that goes against our plan and our training, because our intention was for their wing-backs to be pressed and not let them progress”, he said.
“It starts minute zero at 0-0 so I think it has nothing to do with the previous two matches”.
Jose Mourinho’s side have lost to Manchester City, Feyenoord and Watford FC in the space of eight days.
“Of course, every player wants to play from the kick-off in every game, but when you play for this club, that’s not so easy”.
“I hope there are cameras that confirm that we did shake hands”, he said.
“But I think we are experienced players and the players are very good guys and I know they want to win and work, so that’s what we have to do”.
“To be honest, we didn’t play phenomenal matches in these two defeats but to lose both it’s a punishment for the team because I think we deserved more”.
Watford skipper Troy Deeney had a very eventful game during this fixture last term.
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Attack: Wayne Rooney didn’t travel to Holland last time out so the skipper is set to come back in to the side while Zlatan Ibrahimovic should also get a recall to lead the line up front after being a substitute in the Europa League.
