5 things Manchester United are doing better under Jose Mourinho

Modified Oct 14, 2017 06:33 GMT

Mourinho and his Red Army

#4 Better in Europe

Manchester United working their way back to Europe's elite competition

Manchester United are doing better in Europe under Mourinho's guidance. Under Louis van Gaal, Manchester United crashed out of the Champions League in the group stages. Subsequently, they were kicked out of Europa League by Liverpool.

They were hardly showing any signs of progress and 9 years after their Champions League success in Moscow, United didn't even look like a shadow of that team.

But under Jose Mourinho, United seems to have picked up momentum. Even though the road was tricky and one that proved to be quite challenging, Manchester United won the Europa League and qualified for the Champions League under the Special One in his first season in charge.

This season, United have got off to a flier and have already scored 7 goals in 2 group matches while only conceding one.

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Shambhu is a European and international football journalist at Sportskeeda who focuses on previews, listicles and news articles. An ardent Manchester United supporter since before his teenage years, he started following the Red Devils by age 10 watching MUTV on television. Shambhu is also a highly-revered rapper and a playback singer on Spotify, having a whopping 1 million monthly listeners.

For his articles, Shambhu believes in triple-checking every piece of information, relying on trusted websites like Transfermarkt and Opta, and staying away from speculative publications. He believes that his law degree helped him to be more articulate and meticulous with his content and one of his core strengths is seamlessly involving emotion in his write-ups owing to the love for the sport. For Sportskeeda, has done exclusive interviews with Spanish legends Gaizka Mendieta and Fernando Morientes so far, and his articles boast of a huge readership of close to 50 million.

Shambhu's favorite footballer is Lionel Messi, and the Argentine attaining glory in 2022 is his favorite FIFA World Cup moment. He believes only Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland could replicate Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's rivalry in the years to come. His favorite manager is Sir Alex Ferguson due to the Scot's unmatched longevity at the top.

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Edited by Amit Mishra