West Ham boss Bilic: Why I have sympathy for Man Utd’s Mourinho

Referees in England are clamping down on dissent and this flagrant one prompted Moss to send Mourinho to the stands, just as he did past year when the Portuguese, then at Chelsea, had a half-time rant against the official also in a West Ham match.

“It’s positive that we are playing on Wednesday, when we can get revenge”.

“I thought Man United would be flying, but we’re almost in December and I don’t think Jose knows his strongest XI”, Souness said.

However, having made a full return to first team training with West Ham, Carroll is in contention for the second game against United this week.

Mourinho should not allow his players to be lulled into this idea that they are being punctured by arrows of outrageous fortune. “It’s a big chance for them”. Offensively, we created the chances to win. He has until Thursday to reply to the charge from the F.A., and if he accepts the charge, his suspension could start this weekend when United visits Everton.

West Ham needed just 90 seconds to go ahead as Dimitri Payet’s free-kick from the right was headed in by Sakho. The charge stems from an incident involving Mourinho during Sunday’s 1-1 draw between the Red Devils and West Ham United. “I like to see that from anyone – players, staff – it’s passion for the game and a willingness to win. Otherwise, at this level you get penalised as we have seen lately”.

“But we must convert that desire to win and that frustration into more victories, more points”.

He has also been disciplined for comments about referee Anthony Taylor – who was coincidentally the fourth official on Sunday – prior to a game at Liverpool.

“We are showing that as a team we are a strong side and we can do very good things”, he said. We want to turn the luck in the next game and the next game is League Cup. “It is unbelievable we are not winning games”.

Man United start as huge favourites for this one at a quite restrictive [1.5].

That dry home spell came toward the end of a 26-year title drought which ended in 1993 with Alex Ferguson collecting the Premier League trophy.

“But there’s no doubt it has upset the applecart because he courts controversy in a way others haven’t here”.