top-quality league! jose mourinho well-knownshows mistake he made in manchester united scrappy win against brighton

jose mourinho has admitted he made a mistake that almost cost him the game in opposition to brighton on saturday.

the former chelsea boss said he played with too many attackers as manchester united laboured to a narrow 1-0 victory over brighton at old trafford.

ashley young’s deflected shot in the 2nd half of separated both groups.

the portuguese manger had romelu lukaku, anthony martial, marcus rashford, juan mata and paul pogba at the pitch.

mourinho instructed newshounds, “i wouldn’t be surprised if today a number of the pundits say we play with too many attackers. i wouldn’t be amazed.

“but in the event that they stated that, i suppose they had been right. every now and then you play with too many attacking players and also you lose manage of the sport.

“we had a few troubles defensively because [Nemanja] matic and pogba, they had been a piece isolated within the centre of the park.

“in case you compensate that with more creation, that’s precise, that’s an excellent danger. towards newcastle, it turned into excellent due to the fact we had been now not very strong defensively however we were honestly sturdy in advent. these days our introduction was poor.

“the three gamers that performed with lukaku, they didn’t get the ball, nor a hit on the only in opposition to one. marcus didn’t have a happy suit at all. so we didn’t have advent.”

mourinho admitted the performance turned into poor. “we didn’t play well.

“the good element for me became the depth changed into better in the second half of in search of the aim after which after the goal we couldn’t kill the game.

“within the final 20 mins i saw a humble crew with anyone seeking to play for the easy sheet and giving everything, and those like lukaku playing wide on the left and chasing defenders.

“so i am happy with the mindset however i have to reward a team and a manager who have been gambling in the championship a few months ago, and that they were the crew who gave us the maximum issues.”

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