“I want this beautiful team to win more matches. We need to score more goals like this. Playing beautiful attacking football – that is something the fans like – but we need results. So goals plus performance means the real happiness.”

Mourinho is thought to have watched the game from his office near the Old Trafford dressing room after being given a one-match touchline ban in the hours before the game as punishment for booting a water bottle during Sunday’s 1-1 draw at home to West Ham in the league.

“Secret,” Mourinho said when asked where he watched the match. “I was in contact with the bench. At half-time I could be face to face with the players and I trust my people, my assistants to pass the information on that we need.”

Mourinho is confident supporters will soon see the best of Henrikh Mkhitaryan after an impressive display from the Armenia midfielder. “I’m so happy today ­because today it was against a Premier League team with Premier League qualities and that showed his evolution,” Mourinho said. “We know the reason why we bought him, we were waiting for his adaptation and it looks like it’s coming.”