Jose Mourinho: ‘I’ve never seen Jorginho play so little’

Matt Stead

Jose Mourinho has explained why a 2-2 draw away at Chelsea was “an awful result” for Manchester United.

United conceded first at Stamford Bridge, with Antonio Rudiger opening the scoring.

But the visitors fought back to lead through two goals from Anthony Martial. Just imagine how good he would be under Jurgen Klopp…

Ross Barkley snatched a point for the hosts with a last-gasp equaliser however, and after reading 16 Conclusions, take a look at what Mourinho thought.

“(We were) the best team on the pitch,” he said.

“If you say before the match one point at Stamford Bridge, it’s always a good result because it’s so difficult for teams to win here.

“But after the game, the way the game was, it’s an awful result for us and a phenomenal result for them.

“I’m really, really, really pleased with the individuals in the team and the work we did in the last couple of days. I’m really pleased with everything apart from the result, which is an awful result for us.

“We controlled their triggers. Hazard was controlled and I’ve never seen Jorginho play so little like he did today, so we were completely in control.

“But maybe after the 2-1, we had again great positions to score the third goal. We were the best team, we were calm, we had complete control.

“The team played very well. As a team, we played very, very well. Individually, in the second half, they raised the bar, especially the attacking players who brought the game into a different dimension.

“But the defensive players also had a solid performance and again, I repeat, against a very good team full of very good players.”