Jose Mourinho has insisted no one should be lulled into thinking Manchester United are the Premier League’s “dream team” or title favourites after their 4-0 crushing of West Ham.

The United manager said he was far too experienced and level-headed to allow himself or his players to get carried away by their impressive start to the new campaign.

“I’m too stable and too experienced to lose my discipline, to lose my stability and to think that a 4-0 result makes us the best team in the country, the favourites or the dream team,” Mourinho said ahead of Saturday’s trip to Swansea.

“We’re not the favourites, we’re not the dream team, we’re just a team with more confidence than last season, with more time to work, more happiness and more relaxed. I’m calm. When I look to the last match I liked many, many things but the challenge is not to repeat the result because 4-0 in the Premier League is not easy but to repeat the same kind of performance.

Mourinho says he is too experienced to get carried away after one win credit: getty images

“Good tactical discipline in the team, a really good clean sheet, good football, good dynamics in attack. We try to score more goals and try to play well. I liked it a lot. I also like the three subs, who normally are disappointed people to be on the bench, but even for five minutes like Jesse [Lingard], 10 like Anthony [Martial] or 15 like [Marouane] Fellaini, they came and performed at the same level.

Mourinho was pleased with the performances of his substitutes, including Anthony Martial credit: Getty images

“And when I look to the stands at the players that I didn’t select I am happy. It is just the beginning. Last season from the first three matches we had nine points and finished sixth so I’m not going to lose stability after a good first day and will not let the players think differently to me.”

Mourinho, meanwhile, said he had no fresh injury concerns ahead of Swansea and added that left back Luke Shaw and utility player Ashley Young would play for United’s Under-23 against Swansea at Leigh Sports Village on Monday as they step up their step up their recoveries from ankle and hamstring injuries respectively.