I’ve made Man Utd happy again – Mourinho

United will do so while grappling with an extensive injury list. His three-game ban may be lengthened to four, when the player’s refusal to leave the field and abuse of the fourth official are taken into account.

“Holding them back has been the frustrating number of draws, which includes five of the last seven Premier League games at Old Trafford”. But we will fight, that’s for sure.

Mourinho pledged not to use his captain in midfield after he played there with mixed results during the second half of last season under Louis van Gaal and for England at Euro 2016.

“We have (Ander) Herrera and (Michael) Carrick and nothing else”.

Here’s a link to the video of the Mourinho press conference.

Jose Mourinho: “We arrive into an extreme situation where it must be unique in football that two cruciate ligament injuries happen in the same match”.

That led Mourinho to joke he might name himself in the starting side, along with youngster Axel Tuanzebe whose entire first-team experience amounts to 22 minutes as a substitute against Wigan in the FA Cup. In my career I had one in 17 years.

“It felt like Mourinho was the one who really wanted me”.

“United are building something very interesting, we have to be aware of that and City next year are going to be a much stronger team”.

“He’s a good lad”, Touré said of Pogba.

The Argentine had nine shots in the game, more than any other player in a single match against United this season. A loss against the Red Devils will be a massive blow for Swansea as they are fighting to stay in the Premier League. Eighteen matches and many miles in the players’ legs. The guys have an fantastic spirit. “I think it’s between us, Arsenal and Liverpool”.

“I am more than happy with the players, they gave everything they could”. “We didn’t tell Morgan, ‘We want to sell you.’ Morgan asked us, ‘Please sell me”.

“Of course they are going to bring their opinion and say all sort of things but we don’t have to look at that”.

With United already in the Europa League, and the Reds failing to secure European competition for this season after losing out in last season’s final, Mourinho should be content. They miss this extra bit that brings you resilience, brings you fight and they have it.

“They have it (now)”.

“When we meet again (for pre-season) on 9 July they will be a stronger group”.

City dominated Thursday’s game and enjoyed the lion’s share of possession – but couldn’t turn their superiority into goals.