22:02
Mourinho's not happy
Speaking to BT Sport:
I didn’t like the game, I think we deserved to win because the game was more or less in control for the majority of the time. We scored two goals and they didn’t score and we were in control for the majority of the time.
We didn’t play the way I wanted to play, I didn’t have the reaction from all of them. I had the reaction from some of them. And because some of them were mentally strong enough and with football quality to play was the reason why we won.
A team of XI when you don’t have a minimum of six or seven players wanting to play and wanting to have the responsibility of having the ball and the desire to play. Because one thing is to play and it’s another thing to be on the pitch it’s difficult to have a good performance, so no, I’m not happy with the performance at all.
When I spend two days on faster building up with the ball arriving earlier in between the lines in attacking areas and that depends on qualities and decisions by defenders in possession, but also depends on movement from attacking players.
I arrive here attacking players were hiding behind the defenders and not wanting the ball, defenders playing square passes and taking 10,12 passes to go from one line to another line. It is frustrating.
As a coach the biggest frustration is not the result, because some time that can happen. The biggest frustration for me is when I work on the pitch and I see contradictions in the match.
Statistics are fake, sometimes teams have 10 shots and eight of them go to the stands and one goes in goal but is an easy shot to save. Stats don’t mean a lot.
What means to me is that we prepare the team to be more aggressive to attack the last line much more and play in between the lines much more.
And that connection between defenders in possession and attacking players wanting the ball, and having the right movement to get the ball. That connection didn’t work.
Manchester United progressed to the semi-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday night.
A headed goal in each half — the first from Romelu Lukaku and then another by Nemanja Matic — saw the Red Devils see off a plucky Brighton side.
United were far from at their best but they got the job done. Revisit how they scraped through with Sportsmail's blow-by-blow updates.
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KOMPAS.com - Manchester United akan tampil pada babak perempat final atau delapan besar Piala FA menghadapi Brighton & Hove Albion, Minggu (18/3/2018) dini hari WIB di Stadion Old Trafford, Manchester.
Bermain di kandang sendiri, Manchester United jelas menjadi unggulan untuk bisa lolos ke semifinal.
Pada pertemuan di Liga Inggris musim ini, Man United sudah pernah mengalahkan Brighton 1-0, 25 November 2017.
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Perjalanan Setan Merah sejauh ini di Piala FA juga mulus. Mereka selalu mengalahkan lawan tanpa menderita gol.
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Berturut-turut Manchester United menyingkirkan Derby County 2-0 (5/1/2018), Yeovil Town 4-0 (26/1/2018), dan Huddersfield Town 2-0 (17/2/2018) di tiga babak sebelumnya.
Namun, awas, perempat final Piala FA kerap menghadirkan tragedi buat Manchester United.
Dalam 10 tahun terakhir, The Red Devils tercatat empat kali tersingkir di babak delapan besar.
Pada 2007-2008, Manchester United kalah 0-1 dari Portsmouth di kandang sendiri.
Berlanjut ke musim 2012-2013, United disingkirkan Chelsea.
Setelah bermain 2-2 di kandang sendiri (10/3/2013), Setan Merah kalah 0-1 di Stamford Bridge pada pertandingan ulang (1/4/2013).
Pada musim 2014-2015, giliran Arsenal yang menyingkirkan Man United.
The Gunners menang 2-1 kendati pertandingan digelar di Old Trafford, 9 Maret 2015.
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Musim lalu sekali lagi Manchester United tersingkir di babak delapan besar Piala FA.
Mereka dikalahkan Chelsea 0-1 di Stamford Bridge, 13 Maret 2017.
Berbekal fakta sejarah itu, Man United wajib mewaspadai pertemuan kontra Brighton & Hove Albion pada Minggu dini hari nanti.
Terlebih lagi, Piala FA adalah ajang terakhir dengan Man United masih memiliki peluang meraih trofi musim ini.
Manchester United sudah gagal di Piala Super Eropa, Piala Liga Inggris, dan Liga Champions, serta berpeluang tipis untuk mencegah Manchester City menjuarai Premier League. (Dwi Widijatmiko)
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