Europa League an ‘important competition’ for Mourinho

United are scheduled to face Zorya at the Chornomorets Stadium on Thursday but with overnight temperatures expected to plummet to -7 degrees, the match is subject to a pitch inspection tomorrow morning.

Manchester United at Zorya Luhansk Manchester United arrived in Ukraine this morning, ahead of their Europa League game against Zorya Luhansk tomorrow.

“The pitch is very hard, the pitch is very icy”, the United boss said. “I think if it’s possible he will teach me how to achieve this level and be the best”. The pitch is the same.

Man Utd have conceded in seven consecutive European away games for the first time since February 1965 when they went on a run of nine successive games without a clean sheet.

United players on the pitch earlier this evening.

“But we want to try to win it and while we are in the competition we try to win it”. “We lost to Feyenoord in a game we should win”. Only 14 games have been played, with 24 remaining and a huge number of unforeseeable changes to come at the top of the table.

It is not the first time United have had problems with a pitch since Mourinho’s arrival. Jose Mourinho’s men could also progress with a defeat if Feyenoord fail to win their match, although the strong 19-man squad selected suggests the Portuguese is not taking any chances.

Streaming: The BT Sport app in the UK, Fox Sports Go in the US. The Portuguese boss said that he has chose to protect the likes of Antonio Valencia, Mateo Darmian and Michael Carrick ahead of Sunday but the rest of 19-man players in his squad are available to start. If we lose then we can be out, and we don’t want that.

Odessa, rather than Luhansk, is the host city because of conflict in Ukraine. They have failed to win any of their last six matches in all competitions, but they do seem to have raised their game in this tournament.

“Incidents of serious disorder during the European Championships in France last summer involving violent individuals and groups emanating from Eastern Europe should be remembered when considering your movements and actions, and any potential risk”.