Chelsea's Conte plays down significance of United clash

It was deja vu for Manchester United fans as they watched their side record yet another draw, this time in Belgium on Thursday night against Anderlecht in the Europa League.

Dendoncker's late equaliser. Manchester United looked to have a huge upper hand ahead of the second leg at Old Trafford after claiming a valuable away goal but Anderlecht midfielder Dendoncker gave the Belgian side real hope with a crucial leveller.

Antonio Conte can't forget his "great goal" at Old Trafford for Juventus in a Champions League semifinal against Manchester United in 1999.

"When it is still mathematically possible to finish in the top four I think if we play against Chelsea with our second team you would kill me". We stopped our counter-attacks because of sloppy decisions and we allowed them the opportunity to have counter-attacks.

"When he said "good performance" when I came off the pitch (at Sunderland) it made me feel better as a person and more confident than I already was". Subs: Anthony Martial (for Lingard, 63) 5, Marouane Fellaini (for Rashford, 75) 5, Timothy Fosu-Mensah (for Mkhitaryan, 90) 5. Other times you have to play one touch, you keep the ball, you turn, one more touch, you lose the ball.

Valencia's numbers from the game shed light on what was another powerful, more or less faultless display.

'He helped me a lot and then what happened is that the following season didn't go well, these things that happen, but the truth is that Mourinho helped me a lot to improve as a player'. We have chances, control, but we don't score goals - you risk.

"It's not right to talk about players from other teams, we must have respect for players and other clubs".

The United boss has also been outspoken in his criticism of defender Luke Shaw in recent weeks, with public criticisms for his players now becoming a familiar theme of his first year as the club's manager.

"If we win both matches, we are in the top four". They will be expected to continue on at the heart of defense with Smalling and Jones possibly not in line to return until the final three games of the season against Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton and Palace.