“By admitting it was a competition United didn’t want to be in, he effectively set the tone for the performance and the attitude of his young players”.
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“I think on Sunday character.needs to shine through because it’s unacceptable to lose three games in a row”.
What adds an extra layer of intrigue to today’s encounter is the fact that Mazzarri and José Mourinho will be renewing a rivalry that goes back to their time together in Italy’s Serie A.
Luke Shaw hopes Man United start the game at Watford better then their two previous matches. “I just want Paul to forget that and play his football”.
Mourinho made eight changes to the side that lost to Manchester City last Sunday with Darmian and Rojo among six players making their first starting appearances of the season.
“I know the situation is not a case of clicking your fingers and everything is flawless, but to be honest I think we didn’t play phenomenal matches in these two defeats but to lose both I think is a punishment for the team because I think we deserved more”.
I said: “‘Yes, it’s a good start, yes, a very good start, ‘ but I was never on the moon”, he said.
After a solid start to life at Old Trafford, new manager José Mourinho now faces his first little taste of adversity, as he looks to avoid suffering three straight defeats for the first time since he was coach of União de Leiria a decade-and-a-half ago. I know that the situation is not click your fingers and everybody is ideal. “The next one we play is always the most important”.
“I think he was like the team”.
“In that moment we were pushing and they capitalized because it is exactly at that moment where we lose the game, ” he said.
Neither side could break the deadlock in the first half, with the decisive breakthrough coming late on in the 79th minute.
The Portuguese tactician was at the helm of Inter Milan, while Mazzarri managed Sampdoria and Napoli.
At the time, Mazzarri dismissed him for talking “rubbish, so much rubbish”, but now he says he doesn’t hold a grudge and plans to offer Mourinho a post-match drink on Sunday.
Schweinsteiger, who set up the late victor against Sunday’s opponents Watford last year, has been sidelined by new manager Jose Mourinho, with little prospect of gaining any first-team football in the two remaining years of his contract. That is normal, but the players are very good guys.
“There is professional respect”.
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“I tried to not let him play a lot and it was good”.
