Mourinho Sends Message to his ‘Lovers’

Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United progressed to the Second round of the Champions League after a hard fought victory against Young Boys.

This makes it the 14th time that a Jose Mourinho team has progressed to the next stage of the competition maintaining a perfect record of doing so.

The manager had to rely on Maroune Fellaini to bail out his struggling team, but they will join Juventus in the second round of the Champions League.

Speaking to the press after the game, Mourinho said: “For some of my lovers, I just want to say, for the ones that like stats – 14 seasons in the Champions League, 14 times qualified through the group phase.

“Never one of my teams stay behind in the group phase.

“The season I didn’t play Champions League, I won the Europa League. It’s a good record.”

Mourinho also praised the team for making it out of a very tough group

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“That’s good, very difficult group, to qualify with one match is obviously good,

“The performance had lots of good things but lots of disappointing things. This is the kind of game if you score in the first minute you go for a different kind of performance.

“You could pay with not just a defeat. David’s save, the only save in the game, was phenomenal, only the best goalkeeper in the world can save.

“More than one chance. We had what I call half chances a lot, when the winger has the ball and 20 metres to attack but has the fear of the penalty from the defender he has to go by him. We can’t blame one player.

“The most important thing is a goal. Of course I’m happy with the intensity the boys put in, it’s not difficult to cope with the pressure of a result that doesn’t suit us.”