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Jose Mourinho was understandably frustrated after his Manchester United players were forced to settle for another Premier League draw following a late equaliser for Everton at Goodison Park. Here's what the boss had to say to MUTV and Sky Sports after the game...
RESULT DIDN'T REFLECT DISPLAY
"It was a very good performance and a bad result in relation to the performance. We were the best team by far but we didn't win. We had chances for 2-0, we had the ball against the post and then we lost a goal in the last few minutes. If you come to Goodison Park and you get a point in other circumstances I don't think it's a bad result because it's a difficult place to play, but we were the best team by far so the point is not the point that gives us what we deserve."
"It was a very good performance and a bad result in relation to the performance. We were the best team by far but we didn't win. We had chances for 2-0, we had the ball against the post and then we lost a goal in the last few minutes. If you come to Goodison Park and you get a point in other circumstances I don't think it's a bad result because it's a difficult place to play, but we were the best team by far so the point is not the point that gives us what we deserve."
IN CONTROL OF THE GAME
"It's impossible or very difficult to control a game for 90 minutes but I would say we controlled it for 80 minutes. It's normal that an opponent has a reaction and the way they play with long, direct balls, it's impossible to stop because when a team plays passing football you can press, but when they play long balls you cannot stop the ball in the air. So they would always have a little bit of pressure but that's normal."
"It's impossible or very difficult to control a game for 90 minutes but I would say we controlled it for 80 minutes. It's normal that an opponent has a reaction and the way they play with long, direct balls, it's impossible to stop because when a team plays passing football you can press, but when they play long balls you cannot stop the ball in the air. So they would always have a little bit of pressure but that's normal."
ZLATAN IN GOOD FORM
"He's playing like the team is playing. The team is playing very, very well and the players are playing well. I would say [Phil] Jones and [Marcos] Rojo were magnificent. Jones for many years doesn't play five matches in a row and Rojo last season was left-back, on the bench and at home and in this moment he's had five consecutive matches also playing central defence, so we had phenomenal performances and a very good solid performance as a team."
"He's playing like the team is playing. The team is playing very, very well and the players are playing well. I would say [Phil] Jones and [Marcos] Rojo were magnificent. Jones for many years doesn't play five matches in a row and Rojo last season was left-back, on the bench and at home and in this moment he's had five consecutive matches also playing central defence, so we had phenomenal performances and a very good solid performance as a team."
WE DESERVED BETTER RESULTS
"If you tell me that in any one of our draws, the opponent was closer to winning than us, I will tell you that is completely untrue. In every one of our draws, we were much more closer to winning than the opponent and we deserve to win these matches. I repeat, this season what matters is the results, it's not the quality of football."
"If you tell me that in any one of our draws, the opponent was closer to winning than us, I will tell you that is completely untrue. In every one of our draws, we were much more closer to winning than the opponent and we deserve to win these matches. I repeat, this season what matters is the results, it's not the quality of football."
THE TEAM ARE PLAYING WELL
"I am concerned because we don't get the results we deserve. I know that when my teams win matches playing a different style of football then in that moment all that matters is the style of football, not the results. You have in this moment teams in the Premier League teams playing defensive and counter-attack football but getting results. This season that is phenomenal in your [the media's] words. When my teams are playing extremely well, the results are more important. So that's where we are. But I am happy that my team is playing really well, even in difficult matches like this one. It's a problem for us that we are not getting what we deserve, and it's a problem for us that we have a position in the table that has no relation with the quality of football we are showing."
"I am concerned because we don't get the results we deserve. I know that when my teams win matches playing a different style of football then in that moment all that matters is the style of football, not the results. You have in this moment teams in the Premier League teams playing defensive and counter-attack football but getting results. This season that is phenomenal in your [the media's] words. When my teams are playing extremely well, the results are more important. So that's where we are. But I am happy that my team is playing really well, even in difficult matches like this one. It's a problem for us that we are not getting what we deserve, and it's a problem for us that we have a position in the table that has no relation with the quality of football we are showing."
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