Mourinho Reacts To Feyenoord Loss

Jose Mourinho was disappointed but remained optimistic on Thursday night after Manchester United were beaten 1-0 by Feyenoord in the Europa League. The manager spoke to BT Sport shortly after the final whistle to offer his assessment of the action and result...

Losing start in the Europa League
“Of course I’m not happy with the start. I think in the second half the game, in my opinion, we were always in control. We were trying to win and they were trying not to lose. We felt like they were collapsing a bit physically, they were in trouble and it was that moment in which we lost the game. It was double unlucky because it was a clear offside [for Feyenoord's goal].”

Assessment of United's display
“The second half was better than the first. We had more intensity than the first half because in the first my players were in control without pushing to try but the second was different. Feyenoord defended with everything, a great crowd, a great spirit we know that. We know that in the Europa League everyone wants to play Man United, everyone wants to fight until their limits, which they did. They had the luck to score in the last part of the game.”

On the players who came into the team
“Look I don’t want to personalise. Some of the players were playing their first minutes of the season, not many minutes for them. Obviously some played better than others but I have to understand that some of these players haven’t played week after week like the other boys. “

Early team news for Watford match on Sunday
“It is obvious that we left players like [Antonio] Valencia and [Luke] Shaw at home to play and to rest so we go back to a normal team without so many changes.”