Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho claimed that his club will not be relegated following their defeat to Manchester City in the league.
The Manchester clubs clashed at Old Trafford with the citizens running out winners of the tie 3-1 with goals from David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan
The defeat leaves United 12 points above 18th-placed Cardiff City. They are also the same points below City in the league
Speaking to the press after the game, he was asked whether this meant that United’s title challenge was over, he denied this saying: “I think we’re not going to be relegated,”
“One team [City] started the season strong and are still strong, another team [United] didn’t start well and is improving a lot,” he added.
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“If you focus on the game, it was open for 80 minutes. I think no one left the stadium before the third goal because the match was open.
“In a week City played three matches at home, we played three away. They had 6-0 wins, no pressure, relaxed.
Mourinho continued: “Our second game [against Juventus] was like a final for us, against one of the best teams in Europe, demanding everything we had to give from physical and mental perspective.
“So, when I analyse the game – you can go for stats, that’s the way people who don’t understand football analyse, with stats – I don’t go for stats. I go for what I felt, for what I saw in the game.
“I consider the performance to be one with mistakes, it’s different to a bad performance. We were punished, but the performance, mentality, togetherness, belief, fighting until the end, is something we are building. We won’t lose that because of a defeat.”