Jose Mourinho fed up of ‘lucky’ Man City and ‘disgraceful’ Manchester United defending

JOSE MOURINHO has called Manchester City “lucky” while branding his own team’s defending “disgraceful” after Manchester United lost 2-1 at old Trafford.

David Silva opened the scoring for Pep Guardiola‘s visitors in the 43rd minute before Marcus Rashford levelled the scoreline late in the first-half.

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City regained their lead in the 54th minute through Nicolas Otamendi’s volley and the Premier League leaders held on for the victory.

The Sky Blues won the game to go 11 points clear at the top of the Premier League.

The Manchester United boss suggested the Premier League leaders were fortunate to seal a record 14th consecutive win.
Mourinho told Sky Sports: “I think they are lucky, I think they have all these decisions in their favour.

“We can speak about anything you want, we can bring any football theory, stats, ball possession, everything you want but like last season it is a huge penalty in a crucial moment.

“You expect City to score great goals, not to score two disgraceful goals.

They had apparent control of the game but the biggest save is the double save of their goalkeeper [Ederson].”

Mourinho was also critical of Michael Oliver performance, in particular, the referee’s decision to book Ander Herrera for diving rather than award his side a penalty.

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“Clear penalty. I am sorry for us, sorry for Michael [Oliver], I think he had a good performance, but it’s a clear penalty,” said Mourinho.

“The ref made a mistake, which can happen. Last season we had a similar situation here against City, winning 2-1 and Mr Clattenburg didn’t see the penalty; Claudio Bravo on Wayne Rooney.

“It is a clear penalty. I am sorry for Michael Oliver because I think he had a good performance.”

When asked if he believed City’s players went down easily, Mourinho said: “True. OK.

“The referee is a human being, he tried his best, I think he was very committed to have a good a match, which I think he had, but he made one mistake that is a crucial mistake for the result of the match.”