Southampton vs Manchester United: Mourinho speaks on 1-0 win

Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has praised his team for grinding out a tough win at Southampton on Saturday.

United clinched all three points at St Marys, thanks to a 20th minute finish from Romelu Lukaku.

Mourinho admitted afterwards that it was a difficult game and he did not expect a lot of goals, while giving credit to the homeside.

He said: “It is not always possible to operate at high quality but fought hard.

“We did what many teams in the Premier League do for 90 minutes, which was play with five defenders at the back.

“Credit to Southampton, they tried to play. Pellegrino changed the team and sent on another striker to play more direct.

“It was a hard game but I am really happy.

“Romelu Lukaku’s work is so important for us. He scored his goal and worked hard like everybody else.

“Nobody feels the pressure to play always attacking football because so many teams play always defensively.

“I felt some of the boys were not sharp. I didn’t feel like we could score three or four goals like we sometimes do so the option was to make sure we got the points.”

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