- Jose Mourinho has explained the reason for his surprised reaction towards Ashley Young's goal
- He claimed he was actually surprised that Young took it instead of Pogba
- Manchester United won in-form Watford 4 - 2 at Vickrage road
Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has expalined the reason for his rather surprised reaction to Ashley Young's stunning freekick in United's game against Watford.
Young, 32, had already given United the lead with a 19th-minute strike from outside the box, stepped up to dispatch a dipping 25-yard free kick into the top corner.
Jose Mourinho explains surprise reaction towards Ashley Young's stunning freekick
The Portuguese manager was seen on-pitch TV looking surprised after the ball nestled in the back of Heurelho Gomes' net - and fans seemed to enjoy his expression.
Mourinho while speaking to Manchester Evening news said he was surprised Young took the set-piece ahead of Paul Pogba: "I was surprised that Paul gave him permission," he said.
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"I was not surprised with his [Young's] shot, is quite good and his percentage of success in training is quite high, so we knew he could score but Paul is also very good and his shot is normally more powerful, so in that position I was expecting Paul to take it."
The United boss looked around in apparent disbelief (photo: BT Sport)
He added: "We had chances for four, five and six we had that in the first-half," Mourinho added.
"We finish the half with that chance for the open goal, we had it in the second half again and again and we didn't score.
"So I think the players had the feeling the game was easy, the game was over, that Watford had no conditions to react. But then they react, they score the penalty, the penalty gave them belief, these mid-table teams have quality and no pressure, they don't feel the pressure that teams with other objectives have.
Young got a stunning brace in the encounter
"So they come with everything, they have no problems to concede four, five or six so they gave us a couple of minutes of real pressure where anything could happen.
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"This is football. Last week, Dortmund-Schalke, 4-0, 4-4, and a couple of weeks ago, Liverpool [at Sevilla] 3-0, 3-3. That's football but I prefer to forget the five minutes where we concede the goals and lost concentration.
"I prefer to focus on the good things we did, and we did so many good things, so much in control and really dangerous in attacking situations, to play away from home and score four goals but possible to score seven or eight."
NAIJ.com reported earlier that Premier League giants Manchester United have defeated Watford 4 - 2 in their English Premier League matchday 14 encounter at the Vicarage Road.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng
ROSY CREST
Wednesday, 29 November 2017