Alvaro Morata’s header in the second-half helped Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, on Sunday. Despite the loss,…
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho (Photo: AFP)
Alvaro Morata’s header in the second-half helped Chelsea beat Manchester United 1-0 at Stamford Bridge, on Sunday.
Despite the loss, Mancheter United manager Jose Mourinho picked out some of the positives from the match and said that the game was even and that the Reds had their chances.
Talking to MUTV, Mourinho said, “I think they scored in the only period they were on top in the game but apart from, that the game was even. The game was controlled by us and the game was controlled by them. We had chances and they had chances and with the first goal they found themselves winning and were able to bring more people to defend but, even so, knowing they can defend with a lot of people. We had a go, we tried to change the direction of our game. We created chances to equalise but we couldn’t.”
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Speaking about his team’s chances in the match, he said that they had their chances. “If I remember, Nemanja Matic’s header in the face of Chelsea goalkeeper Thibault Courtois. If I remember, Romelu Lukaku’s shot in the first half and if I remember in the last part of the game, Marcus Rashford’s shot and Courtois without any chance. The cross to the far post to Marouane Fellaini with the chest and the volley and the consequence of that. We had lots of chances to score a goal,” said Jose Mourinho.
Praising Fellaini, Mourinho thanked him for his unbelievable effort. “He trained with the team only Saturday for the first time and put himself available to try to help the team today. It’s important for me to give him a big word,” he added.
With inputs from www.manutd.com
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