Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho repeated his complaints about the English Premier League’s festive fixture pile-up and taken a swipe at his former club Chelsea after the Red Devils laboured to a 2-0 win at 10-man West Ham.
The Portuguese coach blamed United’s mixed performance on having to play their second game in three days, the trip to London coming barely 48 hours after a stirring 2-1 comeback win at home to Middlesbrough.
“It’s very difficult to play football in these circumstances within 48 hours. It’s amazing for the fans around the world, everybody has the Premier League, I’m more than happy to do that but it’s very hard for the players,” Mourinho said.
Mourinho again aired his complaints that league leaders Chelsea have two days more to rest before visiting Tottenham Hotspur, United’s rivals for a top-four finish, on Wednesday.
“We go step-by-step, we try to win our matches. But in relation to Tottenham v Chelsea, I hope it’s an amazing match, they are two great teams with the privilege nobody else has, so they are fresh,” he added.
Nemesis
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Loving the way ManUnited is playing under Mourinho. The match against the Boro at Old Trafford. Wave after wave of attack. Losing 0-1 to score twice in the final 5' to win the game. United fans who followed the club longer than 15yrs will understand what Mourinho has brought back to the club. Fans who started watching because they had to pick a team when they went on holidays in England won't ever have understand the real ManUnited.
Doc Disnick
Roar Guru
I should have sent Jose some cheese with his whine for Christmas - anyone would think he's a POM! Fecking useless defensively minded ar$ehole; two more seasons of his $h1t to put up with.