Former Manchester United defender, Phil Neville, has said that manager Jose Mourinho, did not care about their 2-0 defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.
Goals from Grannit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck in the second half saw the Frenchman claim his first ever Premier League victory when facing a team coached by the 'Special One'.
Mourinho's comments might be seen as in contrast to the views of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger who has always highlighted the importance and accomplishment of managing to finish in the top four.
I left Highbury, they were crying, I left Emirates, they were crying. I liked very, very much the individual performances and I also liked them collectively. I leave the Emirates, they were crying, walking the streets with heads low.
Jose Mourinho took an fantastic swipe at Arsene Wenger, Arsenal's fans and their lack of major trophies. "It's nice for them".
"But you become cleverer, maybe look more and since my last red card, I think things have improved". I don't enjoy it. I don't enjoy. But today I tried to win.
"I think in terms of motivation, we are even", the United manager said.
Arsene Wenger finally conceded before the match that Olivier Giroud's presence in the starting eleven does have a negative effect on how the team play, with the team going more direct to Giroud rather than playing shorter passes. Liverpool lose to Crystal Palace and limp to a draw against Southampton but United draw with Swansea and rivals City and lose to struggling Arsenal. 17 matches in seven weeks, April and May, with 16 players is completely impossible.
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"I see a difference between matches", Mourinho said.
"The only game more important than the second leg of a semi-final is the final, so we have to fight hard (on Thursday)".
"Three points was all we wanted and I thought it was quite convincing in the end.
We responded", he said. No matter what, we are giving everything we can.
"And because we go with everything on Thursday and we can not go with everything against Tottenham".
The Europa League is the only major trophy that United hasn't won - and might be the last one captured by the club's captain, Wayne Rooney.
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