“Bailly was not going to play,”

“But when he saw that Smalling in the warm-up was leaving, he decided by himself he did not want another kid on the pitch. It is not fair to Alexis, to Mata, to Herrera, and the guys that are there.”

“We are just trying to play these matches in the best way we can,”

“The boys did very well until the gasoline said goodbye.”

explained Mourinho in the post-match press conference.United are without a number of first-team regulars, due to injury and the delayed returns of several players that competed in the World Cup in Russia. Mourinho explained that their absence means a heavier workload has fallen on the senior players that are part of Tour 2018.said the boss after the Liverpool defeat.