He made eight changes to his starting XI for last Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Arsenal, which brought an end to United's 25-game unbeaten run in the league and left them four points below fourth-place Manchester City. It was not a gamble, it was a simple decision based on common sense. 17 matches in seven weeks in April and May.
A Europa League winner's medal is one of the few missing from Rooney's collection and the striker insisted that winning the competition - which would grant United passage into next season's Champions League - would top any of his team's recent achievements. "We're having a season where things have been a bit more hard but I'm convinced that in the coming years we can show another side". It was not a gamble, but a effect of our situation.
"So it was not a gamble, it was just a outcome of our situation, so we are in this situation now and we have to fight for it so let's see if tomorrow we can do it and if we can go to the final but it doesn't matter, no regrets".
"But it doesn't matter what, no regrets".
The Europa League is nearing the final as both semifinals will play their second legs this week. "When you give everything, no problem".
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He added: "It is the first time I leave and they are happy".
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Mourinho used to ridicule the Europa League.
He continued: "I think Arsene Wenger is not a small manager, he's a big manager".
Manchester United head into the game having secured a 1-0 win over the Spanish side in last week's first leg in Spain thanks to Marcus Rashford's free-kick.
As the pair attempted to explain where things had gone wrong for United in the league, Neville pointed towards the points dropped in home matches against teams many would have expected them to beat.
"With the manager they have, the players they have on the pitch and the money they spend, that is embarrassing really that they can't score a goal in those games and it comes from Mourinho and the way he sets up his teams".
In the second game of the day, Liverpool only got one point against Southampton as they played without goals at Anfield Road.
"I don't ever see United playing the way certain supporters want (with wingers providing width)", former Arsenal and England defender Nigel Winterburn told Sky Sports.
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