Jose Mourinho rocked on Europa League return as Feyenoord down Manchester United

However, a loss to bitter rival Manchester City in the league last weekend, followed by a 1-0 defeat to Feyenoord in the Europa League on Thursday, is a reminder of the task facing Mourinho in restoring United’s fortunes after the gloom of the David Moyes and Louis van Gaal eras.

United manager Jose Mourinho attempted to breathe life into his listless team with a triple substitution in the 63rd, bringing on Ibrahimovic, Memphis Depay, and Ashley Young for Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial, and Juan Mata, but the changes failed to galvanize them. However, further chances were scarce before Vilhenna’s late strike ensured a win for the Dutch side.

The report claims several players are already unhappy with their lack of game time and others were frustrated after being thrown in against Feyenoord not match fit. Teenage Spaniard Pol Lirola put Sassuolo ahead on the hour mark and they did not look back, Gregoire Defrel making it two on 75 minutes before Matteo Politano sealed the win.

Liverpool fans’ favourite Dirk Kuyt enjoyed putting one over Manchester United again as Feyenoord secured a memorable Europa League victory.

He feels theEuropa league is not United’s Level and wants them playing at their level which is the Uefa Champions League.

Perhaps it’s unfair to include Morgan Schneiderlin in this criticism – it’s his first 90 minutes of the season and he was reliable if ineffective – it’s the rest of the contingency that is really letting the side down big time.

“I always said it was a very good start but I was never on the moon”.

“We know that when Manchester United goes in the Europa League, we are the team that everyone wants to play against, that everybody wants to fight (against) until their limits, which they did”, Mourinho told British television. “They play with the same boys week after week, same team for every competition against some guys playing their first minutes”.

“The last two games we’ve played, we haven’t made the best of starts especially in the first half, and we need to change that”. We were double unlucky because it’s a clear offside.

A 10-metre high net around the pitch and additional stewards were other measures taken as United started their Europa League campaign with their simplest journey.

Manchester United defender Luke Shaw insists it’s vital they get off to a good start in a bid to move on from back-to-back defeats when they play Watford in the English Premier League (EPL) football game away on Sunday.

In the first half, he had to be alert to keep out a well-struck free-kick by Paul Pogba to keep the sides on level terms at the break.

Zenit pulled off a staggering comeback to win from 3-0 down with less than 15 minutes of regulation time left. Will United get back on track against Watford on Sunday?