Jose Mourinho said Manchester United would fight for a top-four finish in the English Premier League until it was "mathematically impossible" after a 3-0 victory at Sunderland on Sunday.
Manchester United sit four points back of fourth place Manchester City with a match in hand.
Mourinho's treatment of Luke Shaw has set tongues wagging in recent weeks, but Bailly, who has impressed since joining from Villarreal in the summer, sees no issue with his manager's words and believes it is important to be given some tough love by the Portuguese.
Sunderland remain at the bottom of the table with only 20 points.
"You need these players sometimes to make it and normally every top team has a couple of them that can make a difference".
Despite Defoe wasting another chance for Sunderland late on, United were able to see out the remainder of the game easily, with substitute Rashford adding a third in the 90th minute, drilling the ball into the bottom corner after being teed up by Ibrahimovic.
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Henrikh Mkhitaryan added a second, 46 seconds into the second-half and Marcus Rashford scored his first league goal since September with a late third.
While Community Shield and EFL Cup glory have been welcome boons, winning the Europa League, given all it entails, would undoubtedly trump both. We've got to focus all week on what their strengths and weaknesses are, but most of all we need to focus on ourselves, what we do and how we play. "That position was not creating big problems but he was solid and was confident with the ball and was going forward with some danger, reading the game well", Mourinho said. They travel to Belgian side Anderlecht for the quarterfinal of Europe's second-tier club competition on Thursday. 'My game is improving, I'm getting better and better.
Meanwhile, Romelu Lukaku's double ensured Craig Shakespeare's flawless record as Leicester manager was ended at Goodison Park. But the Europa League is a massive thing for us now, it's a trophy and it gives us qualification for the Champions League.
But with Wednesday's Champions League quarterfinal first leg in mind, Shakespeare made five changes to his starting lineup, resulting in a lack of cohesion that Everton wasted no time in exploiting.
Some questioned whether Ibrahimovic would be able to replicate his form at Paris Saint-Germain when he moved to the Premier League, but has quickly silenced those doubters.
Understandably, United controlled the game from the first minute and Ibrahimovic's goal firmly put his side in the driving seat.
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