Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho said why he dropped Alexis Sanchez for yesterday’s match against West Ham.
West Ham stunned Manchester United 3-1. Felipe Anderson opened the scoring for West Ham after just 5 minutes before Victor Lindelof scored an own goal to double their lead.
United found some hope when Marcus Rashford pulled one back. However, just three minutes later, Marko Arnautovic added a third for West Ham.
As a result of the loss, Manchester United are in 10th place in the Premier League table.
Jose Mourinho said that West Ham’s first goal was an offside. He said, “I think a team that comes with that mental fragility of the bad results and is losing 1-0 after 5 minutes isn’t the best way to start. It was an offside goal.
We had a good reaction in the first half but an own goal makes 2-0. We know Yarmolenko is left footed and we weren’t aggressive or intense enough to close that shot.”
Mourinho praised the West Ham defence for keeping the Manchester United attackers at bay. He said, “The centre backs had a fantastic match. Congratulations to the scout that found a 21-year-old kid in [Issa] Diop. He’s a monster and dominated everything.”
Regarding the third goal, Mourinho said, “The third goal isn’t a mistake from the linesman but rather the referee, it was a clear foul on Rashford from Zabaleta.”
About Sanchez’s omission, Mourinho stated, “Look for how many months are people asking for [Anthony] Martial, Martial, Martial and saying how Alexis isn’t playing well enough. This week it was time to agree and leave Alexis out.”
Mourinho was impressed with the performance of 21-year old Scott MctTominay. He said, “He was the best, he had a fantastic attitude, he has great talent on the ball and I’m really happy with the job the kid did.”
Manchester United next play Valencia in the Champions League on Tuesday before playing Newcastle United on Saturday.
