Mourinho's Verdict On Celta Vigo Win

Jose Mourinho was pleased with the performance of his Manchester United players after Thursday night's Europa League semi-final first leg win over Celta Vigo in Spain.

A brilliant free-kick from Marcus Rashford in the second half ensured the Reds will take a slender lead into next week's second leg at Old Trafford as United moved a step closer to securing a place in the final in Stockholm following a deserved win in Spain.

Here is what the boss had to say in his post-match interview with BT Sport and at his press conference...

OVERALL THOUGHTS
"I'm very pleased with the performance, not so pleased with the result. At half-time, it should be already two [-nil] and the result is open. I think we played enough to have the result closed so next week, big match at Old Trafford. We played well enough to have the result closed but we have to go and play at Old Trafford. We tried to win the match but we missed chances."

PLEASING PERFORMANCE
"We tried until the end, from the first minute to try and win the match and score goals but we missed chances, but the team was good, strong and compact. It made a strong atmosphere look nice and did well against a team that is very difficult to play against because of the way they defend with seven, eight, nine players man-to-man and I think we played really well. Very good performance, we had to play against the very negative record of Manchester United in Spain, so it's good but we have the match at Old Trafford. Let's hope Old Trafford wants us to win because, when Old Trafford wants, we win so that's what we want."

LOOKING AHEAD
"It's a short result, it could have been better. Seeing Celta's trajectory in the Europa League, they definitely deserve respect for the second leg. The players are in accumulation with lots of minutes because we played nine matches in April and now this one, so 10 in four-and-a-half weeks. The players in that accumulation are not going to play this weekend [against Arsenal]."