The Red Devils have made an inconsistent start to the 2018-19 campaign, with their manager demanding an improvement against Tottenham on Monday
Jose Mourinho concedes that Manchester United are making too many costly mistakes, with “nobody happy” with an inconsistent start to the Premier League season.
The Red Devils opened their 2018-19 campaign with a 2-1 victory over Leicester, with the likes of Paul Pogba impressing in a narrow win.
United’s stand-in skipper has, however, faced criticism along with a number of team-mates after suffering a 3-2 defeat at Brighton last time out.
Mourinho admits that his side have let themselves down at times, with it vital that the collective level of performance is improved ahead of a home date with Tottenham on Monday.
He told MUTV: "You know, just looking to Leicester and Brighton. Against Leicester we didn't make mistakes, we played well, we won. Against Brighton, we made mistakes, we paid for the mistakes and we lost.
"So, I think you look at football in a very pragmatic way, normally you get what you deserve, so if we want to win against a good team against Tottenham, we cannot make mistakes."
Mourinho believes his United squad are ready to make amends for their Brighton setback against Spurs.
He has been impressed by the effort he has seen in training, with everyone connected with the club looking for a welcome morale-boost at Old Trafford.
The Portuguese added: "I think nobody is happy, obviously.
"But I have enough experience to know that in football you cannot look back for good results, for bad results and you have always to look to the next one. That's our life.
"So, I'm really happy with the work we did in the week, with the players' commitment and I look forward for the game.
"You can look at [having to wait until Monday] from two different perspectives. By one side I would say yes [it is frustrating] but, on another side, I would say we need time to work and some time to try to recover some players from injury, so it was not bad for us."
Wedlorst
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Changing mou with zidane..better skill in attacking and know the player playing well what better n not.. i didt says mou not the best coach but he doesnt know what their plying like whattt he must know n must give the player happiness playing football not tension to muchh.. zidane is the one perfect coach in madrid but madrid doesnt give him ada choice to extend the contrachh that why he leavee ..better Man U take him as new coach i suggestt thanks u..im from malaysia n long time interest in Man U since i kids huhu..thankss u all
Wocbcmoprt
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It is up to the coach to see the player's morals and increase in happy mood,,, I feel like you don't do what you used to do now you blame players more than your tactics. Respect for you is a lot just that at time the way you present your players in well off.
Bewbknrtuy
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its not yet for Jose to leave. that's too risky for ManU. Zidane left Madrid at a point when they were going down. He is not experienced enough for ManU otherwise he risks losing all his footballing legacy. Mou is the main Man. let's support him, let the board support him . Good things are coming. Halaaaaa ManUuuuuuu
ZUHAYER_LM10
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ha ha,,, Mourinho finding excuse for whatever he done ....
Pablo58
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Lol Do ya think ole boy??? What was your first clue?? I guess it takes the ‘special one’ to figure something like this out...stop whining and complaining and just get on with it already
wuccimptyz
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I don't like Jose's tactic of changing every player in every match....if he continues to change the player, then how will the player get back into their form.....Also he lacks quality to sign the new player....and hardly knows ti sign the players whilst compared to Klop and Pep.....zindane needed to brought in for the better result...