Tottenham, Arsenal produce late comebacks in Premier League
Maddeningly, in those three games – a 0-0 stalemate with Burnley and 1-1 draws against Stoke City and Arsenal – they have had a total of 74 attempts at goal to their opponents’ 19.
Mourinho’s side was held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal on Saturday, leaving the Red Devils in sixth place, nine points off league leaders Chelsea. The Marcos Rojo and [Paul] Pogba situations for the 2-0 were open goals and then the only time we had a situation that we couldn’t resolve they scored the goal.
A very frustrating outcome. but we remain positive after the way we played. “I don’t want to say they didn’t want to win, I prefer to say they had no chances to win”.
But the manager announced that he will get his chance in Thursday’s key Europa League fixture.
HULL, ENGLAND – AUGUST 27: Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Manchester United has his shot blocked by Curtis Davis of Hull City during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Hull City FC at KC Stadium on August 27, 2016 in Hull, England.
I thought we were going to have the ball. “If we had won today, then we would have been three points behind Arsenal”.
And Giggs, who was United assistant manager under Van Gaal and a coach under predecessor David Moyes, believes the 28-year-old is thriving in the current set-up.
United fans have been limited to glimpses – no more than that – of what this side could achieve under the Special One this season. “I could be working in some of the biggest cubs in Europe and I waited for the chance to work at a club where I wanted to be”.
“We need to turn these draws into wins”, Theo Walcott admitted afterwards, showing an admirable refusal to accept that this was a day when Arsenal had actually turned a defeat into a draw.
Mourinho has a massive job than could overwhelm any individual but his work ethic has impressed those who gave him the job and even has some time for laughs.
“When you are 1-0 down and come back to 1-1 of course you have to feel happy. I always loved him”. Let us know by dropping a comment below via our Facebook comment box. And honestly, you never know.
“I think the problem is when you come away and it hasn’t gone to plan and you think we could have been so much better, we should have been so much better and there’s problems there we need to solve”.