Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has remained defiant despite seeing his side completely outclassed by Manchester City. The hosts completely dominated the game from start to finish and the 3-1 scoreline flattered Mourinho’s men, who only registered one shot on target throughout the same game.
This lacklustre loss leaves United marooned in mid-table, twelve points off the league leaders and seven points off the top four. Looking further down the table, United are now the same points away from the relegation zone as they are from the league leaders.
When a reporter questioned him about this he replied stubbornly: "I think we are not going to be relegated."
He then denied the reporter his second question, clearly irritated by his first question. The fact that United only had one shot on target, Anthony Martial’s second-half penalty also irritated the Portuguese.
"So, when I analyse the game today, I think the difference was, you can go for stats.
"That's the way people that don't understand football analyse football, is with stats.
"I don't go for stats, I go for what I felt and I watch in the game and the game was there until minute 80-something.
"So, I consider the performance of my team a performance with mistakes. It's different than a bad performance.
"One thing is a bad performance another thing is a performance with mistakes.
"We made mistakes, we were punished by these mistakes, but the performance, the mentality, the togetherness, the belief, the fight until the end was something that we are building and we are not going to lose that because of a defeat."
