Jose Mourinho Is Worried Chelsea Now His Nemesis – Former Blues Star

United did threaten the Chelsea goal late on but overall, the hosts were well worth their controversial win, as their season goes from strength to strength.

Mourinho also said he did not believe it was possible to restore United to the level of dominance they enjoyed under Sir Alex Ferguson.

“I don’t speak. I just want to say that I’m really proud of my players, I’m really proud of Manchester United fans”, said the former Chelsea boss.

“I controlled the emotion very well today”.

“I don’t think that I’m insane and I see only him in this situation”.

However, referee Michael Oliver, who was very lenient overall, chose to punish Ander Herrera with a yellow card in the 20th minute and a second one in the 35th.

FC Rostov’s fairytale European run is no more after the south Russian side were edged out of the Europa League last 16 stage by Manchester United in England. We played what the game demanded and we played well. l remember as a kid some matches like this in Portugal on these type of pitches.

But we have to agree there was a match until the moment Herrera saw the red card, and then there was another match after that. “There is nothing to speak (about)”.

What then added to their woes was a long-ranged effort from N’Golo Kante in the 51st minute that sealed the deal for the Blues.

It was a fantastic performance from Kante once again, and it certainly won’t be his last in a blue shirt.

Sunday’s trip to the Riverside Stadium sees top scorer Ibrahimovic complete the second of a three-match domestic ban, having last week been hit with a retrospective suspension.

“They tried to come into our minds, with fouling and kicking to try to destabilise us. I’m a professional”, he said. In four matches he [Oliver] has given three penalties and a red card.

Fellaini is not one of the most skilled finishers around in the Manchester United squad and hence it would be suicidal to play him there as any number of chances that may be created by the genius in Mkhitaryan, Mata and Carrick would go for a waste.

Kante’s sublime performance yesterday morning left his French global teammate and the world’s most expensive footballer, United’s Paul Pogba, chasing shadows and at the receiving end of more criticism. It was a tough game. “We are ready to fight for every game but we are not ready to try and win everything”.