Manchester United Manager Jose Mourinho met the media to preview Sunday's match against Swansea City.
Mourinho's main aim is a Champions League qualification and United have five games left to secure a top four spot in a run which includes trips to Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur.
His display in the win over Crystal Palace in last season's FA Cup final was not one of the highest quality, but the fight and desire he had in abundance when he was 16 appeared to be back.
"We were the better team in the first half, they were the better team in the second half", said United manager Jose Mourinho.
"And [now] they have it, so the group that will meet again on 9 July for next season is a stronger group".
"The players at this stage of the season are fit enough, they don't need to be doing much training", said the United legend.
"But the reality is that we are fighting to win the Europa League and we are fighting to finish fourth".
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Juan Mata are also out while Paul Pogba looks set to miss the clash with Swansea. Next up for the Red Devils is a meeting with Swansea on Sunday before they take on Celta Vigo next Thursday in the Europa League semifinals.
Luckily for Mourinho, the English Football Association has decided against extending Fellaini's ban to four matches even though the Belgian midfielder refused to leave the field of play immediately.
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Already missing six senior players, United lost Marouane Fellaini to suspension and Timothy Fosu-Mensah to injury during Thursday's 0-0 draw at Manchester City.
Michael Carrick believes that Manchester United's lengthy injury list, combined with a tricky and congested fixture schedule, is "no excuse" to do badly.
But United players and supporters appeared happy with the stalemate at full-time and Toure says it's a far cry from when he first joined City in 2010 when Sir Alex Ferguson's side controlled the Premier League.
"We can not forget which team we were against tonight", Guardiola said.
Swansea midfielder Jack Cork and defender Martin Olsson are expected to return after recovering from respective ankle and hamstring injuries. "I want to go, I want to play every game", he said. In my career I had one in 17 years.
'United are building something very interesting, ' Toure said.
"The other small injuries, Pogba, Antonio Valencia last week, are down to fatigue, which is normal".
At the final whistle he was seen to be held back to prevent him getting in any more trouble.
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