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Mourinho makes complaints about the referees and Man Utd's performance

  /  StanLee

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho complained about the referees and his team's performance after West Ham defeat.

"Well I think a team that comes with that agility and after five minutes, 1-0 down is not the best way to start. It was a little offside but maybe the linesman did not see and made a mistake," said Jose Mourinho.

"For the second goal, we know Andriy Yarmelenko is very left-footed and we are not aggressive enough to contest that shot. Second half we took a bit of time to react but we did and the goalkeeper made a few good saves. Congratulations to the scout that found these 21-year-old kids, Issa Diop is a monster.

"The third goal killed our mentality because the referee did not see the foul before. We had 20 minutes to try and change the game after we scored but we could not do it because our mentality was gone."

On leaving Alexis Sanchez out of the squad: "Look, for how many months people are asking for Martial and Alexis Sanchez is not playing well enough so this week it was time for me to agree so I picked Martial and left Alexis out."

On his team's overall performance: "I can have complaints with quality and mental approach. You have to try always and that is my nature as a football professional.

"When we scored the goal to come into the game, they scored right after and this was the referee mistake because there was a foul on Marcus Rashford before."

On West Ham's win: "When you are winning and you are full of confidence that is the best victory you can have. One goal is offside, the second goal is own goal and the third goal is referee's mistake but for the next game we have to have a better start."

On Paul Pogba and his unhappiness within the team set-up: "He's trying hard."