United ‘unluckiest team in league’ – Mourinho

“So, finally I lost against Arsenal”, the Portuguese eventually said as he walked out of the Old Trafford press room, apparently so unable to contain himself that he actually repeated it twice.

Arsenal’s Olivier Giroud celebrates scoring his teams goal against Manchester United.

The late salvo stretched Arsenal’s unbeaten run in all competitions to 17 games, although Wenger has still yet to beat Mourinho in the league in 12 meetings and his team only mustered one shot on target in the game.

“Michael is 35 years old”, Mourinho told reporters.

‘When you are 1-0 down, you come back to 1-1 with a minute to go, it feels more than a draw, that’s for sure, ‘ he admitted.

Bradley became the first Swansea manager in the Premier League to fail to win in his first five games – taking just two points from a possible 15 – and the Welsh club dropped to last place, behind Sunderland.

It could be seen in the reactions.

Referee Andre Marriner waved United’s appeals away and although he made his anger clear on the touchline, Mourinho refused to criticise the official after the game. It’s nice for the team, it’s a good point because we conceded and had tough chances to score. Wenger said to reporters.

Carrick’s performance against Arsenal will earn him a contract extension for next season, admits the manager. It is games that I need and hopefully I can keep getting them.

“At this moment, we all know internally we are the unlucky team in the Premier League”, said Mourinho, who was missing injured centre-backs Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly and the suspended Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

Mourinho’s men played with three left-backs when they welcomed Burnley to Old Trafford last month in a match in which Keane shined as the visitors kept a clean sheet.

A positive was instantly followed by a negative, and his team didn’t have the conviction, cohesion, intensity – whatever you want to call it – to properly carry it through.

These are the matches they have to start winning more regularly.

But pictures published by The Sun newspaper of Rooney looking worse for wear at The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, which was hosting a wedding, and drinking late into the night appear to have had no bearing on Mourinho’s selection, with the United manager adamant the decision was tactical. With captain for the day Michael Carrick and the busy Ander Herrera in the side, world record signing Paul Pogba looks like he has found his expensive feet. The defenders – the way Jones and Marcos performed was so solid and confident. Manchester United dominated the proceedings of the match for nearly the entire 90 minutes and deserved the three points. The players who come on make a difference every time and that’s not a coincidence.

Wenger introduced Giroud for Mohamed Elneny, which saw Sanchez, whose influence had dimmed, withdraw to the left flank, and Granit Xhaka also entered the fray.

Guardiola’s men hit back to grab the victor in the 83rd minute as Toure slotted home following confusion in the Palace defence.