By Peter Hanson, MANCHESTER England
Jose Mourinho suggested that Manchester United were not in a position to complain about their VAR misfortune after Tottenham routed the Red Devils 6-1 at Old Trafford.
The former Red Devils boss saw his Spurs side ride roughshod over a
woeful performance from the home side, who suffered their
joint-worst home Premier League defeat in history.
The hosts had snatched an almost immediate lead
following a second-minute Bruno Fernandes penalty but the visitors responded in
quick succession to take the lead well inside the opening quarter-hour thanks
to efforts from Tanguy Ndombele and Son Heung-min.
United's problems were compounded on the
half-hour mark though when Anthony Martial was shown a red card for an apparent
retaliation to receiving an elbow from Erik Lamela, in the wake of which Harry
Kane piled on more misery with a third goal.
Controversy reigned from the decision, which
saw Lamela escape without punishment despite clear replays suggesting he was
the instigator, but speaking after the match, Mourinho suggested that his old
side were not in a position to complain about the outcome given their own fair
share of assists from VAR technology.
"I didn't watch it. Maybe later I will. If
someone can cry about the VAR decisions it is Tottenham and if someone cannot
cry about VAR it is Manchester United for sure," he told Sky Sports .
"I don't know, the only thing I know is we
played extremely well. I told my players that a good result here would be to
win and we did that."
The Portuguese was filled with effusive praise
for his side's rampant performance however, who doubled their early haul
through second goals for Son and Kane plus an effort for Serge Aurier, hailing
it as a "historical" result.
"Manchester United doesn't lose many
matches, [and] to lose by six is of course not every day," he added.
"[It's a] historical victory but in the
end [it's] three points and three very important points because we lost five
points at home.
"We prepared ourselves very well
tactically and also psychologically, the team was ready. So ready that a
penalty in the first minute and going 1-0 down did not affect the team at all.
"Some people can say you play against 10
men for a long time which is true but for me it is also true that 11 v 11 we
were playing extremely well, we were creating huge problems, we were winning
2-1 and they could not find solutions to control us."
Dele Alli made his first Premier League
appearance since the opening-day defeat to Everton, coming off the bench in the second
half having only played a couple of Europa League qualifiers since the loss to
the Toffees.
The England midfielder had been linked with a
move to Paris Saint-Germain but Mourinho insists
Alli has always been part of his plans.
"He has never stopped showing, I always
said that I never had a problem with him. Very polite, very educated, always
behaving well. He is training well, sometimes I want different things from him
on the pitch," he further added.
"That is more about his qualities as a
player than other things. He is a fantastic player as everyone knows."
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