Manchester United's top ten matches with Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho

#4 Arsenal vs Manchester United: December 2, 2017

Premier League, 2017-18

Score: 1 – 3

Valencia 4’, Lingard (2) 11’, 63’, Lacazette 49’

Jose Mourinho
Jose Mourinho

A match that can be known as the day David De Gea proved again who the best goalkeeper in the world was. This match had everything, the intense rivalry between Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho, counter-attacking goals and the maximum saves by any goalkeeper in a match.

United put themselves 0-2 up after early goals from Valencia and Lingard. Arsenal scored the next goal finding their way into the game but they found it impossible to put the ball past David De Gea. The third goal from Lingard killed the match and it was Mourinho again who came out on top at the Emirates.

United only had possession of 25% in the match but still managed to find the back of the net 3 times. The highlight of the match was De Gea’s double save against shots from Lacazette and Sanchez who in the end saved 14 shots, highest by any goalkeeper in a match.


#3 Manchester vs Chelsea: April 16, 2017

Premier League, 2016-17

Score: 2 – 0

Rashford 7’, Herrera 49’

A match that can be called as Mourinho Masterclass. Chelsea, under Antonio Conte, was unstoppable, winning back to back Premier League games, but that could not continue when they visited Old Trafford.

Mourinho had already lost twice against his former club, first the 4-0 thrashing at the Stamford Bridge in the Premier League and another a 1-0 defeat in the FA cup in the current season. Mourinho deployed Ander Herrera to man-mark Chelsea’s, Eden Hazard.

With a man of the match performance from Ander Herrera where he set up the first goal for Marcus Rashford and scored another in the 2nd half, United dominated Chelsea throughout the match. Jose Mourinho finally found a victory against his former club and was praised within the footballing community for his tactics during the match, calling it a Mourinho Masterclass.

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