Mourinho's Verdict On Victory Over The Foxes

Jose Mourinho praised his Manchester United team after the 4-1 victory over Leicester City, citing the Reds' intensity and movement as key factors in the success.

Here are the main points from the manager's post-match interviews with Sky Sports and MUTV...

WE WERE IN CONTROL
“It was a very good performance. It’s much more difficult to win in such a comfortable way like we did. We felt their fragility after the second goal and we went for more and played really well. Obviously in the second half nobody was expecting to score four more goals and win 8-0 and it was all about control."

A POSITIVE START
“I think we started well for the first time I can say. Normally our second-half performances are better than the first. I don’t know why as we prepare in the same way with the same professionalism. Today we had intensity, we had good movement, we were dynamic and we were strong defensively against a team that, I repeat, are easy to analyse but hard to cope with. To be back home and beat the champions is good. Last season we couldn’t beat them and this season we’ve already beaten them twice."

THE DISPLAY A TEMPLATE FOR WHAT YOU WANT?
"I can say yes. We were much more aggressive and pressed higher. The team was quicker to react when the ball was lost and we were very objective, we had lots of fast football. We played the way we wanted to play and played really well. The preparation for the games is always good. Then the game is the game and there are many things not in your control, that's why football is so beautiful and so loved. But the reality is we played very well until the game was closed.

TEAM PERFORMANCE OR WERE INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS PIVOTAL?
“I think the team played very well. You score four goals but your striker doesn't score a goal and yet I think the striker played phenomenal. I think [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic played fantastic in the way he was the start of our attacks. [Juan] Mata thinks football very fast and [Jesse] Lingard and [Marcus] Rashford gave a great intensity for the team, but I prefer to say that my team as a team played well."

ROONEY STILL A BIG PLAYER FOR US
“He's a big player for me, a big player for United and a big player for this country. I don’t want to say anything else. He’s my man, I trust him completely and he's as happy as I am at the moment. His team won and that’s normal, he’s happy."

MUST KEEP WINNING
“We lost six points in the Premier League but the reality is that we are not drawing, we are winning. The situation of dropping points but not drawing games is basically the same. We have 12 points but today was about the result, the performance and the happiness of the fans. On Thursday we have a very important match in the Europa League and to be back here after such a good result for us is good."