Jose Mourinho showers praise on Mkhitaryan

Just when it seemed Jose Mourinho would again prevail in his long-standing feud with Arsene Wenger thanks to a second-half Juan Mata goal, Giroud popped up to head home fellow substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s cross in the rarest of Arsenal attacks.

Two United supporters took an official tour of the English club’s iconic ground on Friday, the day before United played Arsenal there in a high-profile Premier League game.

“It feels like a defeat and, for sure, for Arsenal it feels like a victory”, Mourinho told reporters.

The Chile worldwide could reportedly sit out Arsenal’s final UEFA Champions League group match, away to FC Basel, provided they have already clinched top spot ahead of Paris Saint-Germain, as well as the Gunners’ FA Cup third-round match over the first weekend of January.

Wenger, an old foe of the Portuguese, added: “The result in the end is positive for us because we were 1-0 down with two minutes to go”.

“They got one chance and scored”. “Arsenal are a team who let the opponents play”. I think Mr Wenger has that respect from all of you.

Some believe Mourinho is already losing his grip at United after a number of public outbursts toward his players and what some pundits believe to be his outdated playing style compared to some of the younger Premier League managers.

The Armenia global joined from Borussia Dortmund in July and has only made six competitive appearances in all competitions since then, partly due to a couple of unfortunate injuries but also because the manager feels his recruit requires more time to adapt to the rigours of English football. “You must always stay professional”, Toure said.

“Had we a mental block here because for a while it didn’t go well for us?”

“We lacked a bit of sharpness today”. I think we were the better side in the first half hour then we started to lose the ball quite quickly.

That’s according to former Real Madrid and Barcelona boss Radomir Antic, who insists the Special One will find it hard to make United as good as they were under the “mythical” Ferguson.

“But he also needs time in Manchester and they didn’t even give it to Van Gaal”.

“But we are pleased with the performance, I thought we created chances and probably should have scored more”.