{"id":184,"date":"2016-12-05T13:44:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T13:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manunited.uk\/?p=184"},"modified":"2016-12-22T15:35:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T15:35:23","slug":"manchester-united-manager-mourinho-moody-fellaini-blunder-hands-everton-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manunited.uk\/2016\/12\/05\/manchester-united-manager-mourinho-moody-fellaini-blunder-hands-everton-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United manager Mourinho moody after Fellaini blunder hands Everton a draw"},"content":{"rendered":"
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho may well be regretting his decision to hand Marouane Fellaini a bit part in the Premier League clash with Everton at Goodison Park.<\/p>\n
For the former Toffees midfielders bit part turned into a major role when he came on and gave away a late penalty which cost the Red Devils dearly, giving the home side a draw and denying the visitors two vital points.<\/p>\n
The 1-1 scoreline seemed unlikely as the game played out until Fellaini felled Idrissa Gueye in the penalty area leaving\u00a0Leighton Baines to put the penalty kick away.<\/p>\n
United looked to be coping with a surge of pressure from Ronald Koeman\u2019s side in the latter stages of the second half as they tried to salvage something from the encounter.<\/p>\n
Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107 had given\u00a0the visitors the lead in the first half with a clever lob over and beyond the onrushing Maarten Stekelenburg.<\/p>\n
But that was all to change and the result left the Old Trafford manager in an unhappy mood when he faced reporters following the draw.<\/p>\n
Quizzed on giving away two points, the Portuguese coach\u00a0pointed out that he felt pundits have double standards when criticising his team.<\/p>\n
He said:<\/strong><\/p>\n “When my team are playing pragmatic football and winning matches and winning titles, you say it is not right and nice. When my teams play very, very well, there is a huge change in relation. Now you say what matters, no matter, is to get result.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Mourinho added that bringing on big Belgian Fellaini was aimed at coping with the Blues\u2019 arial threat.<\/p>\n He added:<\/strong><\/p>\n “Everton is\u00a0not a passing team any more like they were in the past. Everton is a team that plays direct: goalkeeper direct, Ashley Williams direct, Ramiro Funes Mori direct. Everything direct.”<\/p>\n “When you have on the bench a player with two metres in height you play the player in front of the defensive line to help the team to win the match.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho may well be regretting his decision to hand Marouane Fellaini a bit part in the Premier League clash with Everton at Goodison Park. For the former Toffees midfielders bit part turned into a major role when he came on and gave away a late penalty which cost the Red Devils … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[73,50,84],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n