Manchester United beaten in opening Europa League game

“I played with Aston Villa also some games against Manchester United and they are good with the ball”, he said.

Inter’s defeat means Southampton top the group after two first-half goals from Charlie Austin and a Jay Rodriguez strike in added time provided a 3-0 win against Sparta Prague, earning Claude Puel a first victory as manager of the club. “Everyone can see what it did to the team when they lost to City at the weekend, already there is more pressure on the team, although the teams in the Premier League have difficulties in challenging the teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich”, Kuyt said, as quoted by the Mirror. It is not one I want or the players want but it is a competition where we are and that is the reality.

“Two matches where we didn’t play well for 90 minutes, but two matches where we deserve a better result”. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong) Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford (R) and Feyenoord’s Eric Botteghin during the UEFA Europa League football match between Feyenoord Rotterdam and Manchester United at the Feyenoord Stadium in Rotterdam on September 15, 2016.

While Liverpool supporters often rejoice after every game the Red Devils lose, this one had even greater significance. Obviously some played better than others, but I can not judge them just for a game.

Constantly available to receive and recycle possession, the Moroccan provided composure and reliability in and out of possession that Morgan Schneiderlin, Ander Herrera and Paul Pogba simply couldn’t match.

However, the gamble didn’t pay off and with little over 10 minutes remaining Vilhena fired a low effort past David De Gea in the United goal. It’s something I don’t like.

Meanwhile, 2010 European champions Inter Milan surprisingly crashed 2-0 in San Siro against Hapoel Beer Sheva, for whom Miguel Vitor and Maor Bar Buzaglo scored in the second half.

“I think he was like the team”.

Defeat to Feyenoord was United’s second in four days after the 2-1 loss to Manchester City on Saturday. If they don’t, Jose will let them know and immediately sub them.

Not that Mourinho had been getting carried away.

“When we won the Community Shield and the three Premier League matches, I was not on the moon”, the Portuguese said when asked whether the defeats had underlined the scale of the challenge ahead of him.

“In the second half, I think our urgency was there but we need to start that in the first half”. I know the situation is not click your fingers and everybody is ideal.

The France global came closest for United when drifting into the more central position he can also play.