Serie A : AS Roma fires Jose Mourinho after falling to AC Milan
"We'd like to thank Jose on behalf of everyone at AS Roma for his dedication and efforts since joining the club," said Dan and Ryan Friedkin.
Manchester United played a goalless draw against a resolute Southampton at Old Trafford on Saturday. The draw means that Jose Mourinho’s side is now third placed after Chelsea beat Stoke 5-0 earlier in the day, while Manchester City have the chance to increase their lead to 16 points when they visit Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Reacting to the result Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side were denied a clear penalty. He told MUTV, “”Craig Pawson is a fantastic referee, one of the most promising referees in Europe, and it was bad for him. It was one of the key points.”
“The other key points were easy goals that we missed. Another key point was David De Gea’s save on the Shane Long shot. But the clear, clear point, especially with a result at 0-0, is a clear penalty that was not given. I watched on the touchline and it looked to me very clear, but it’s 50 metres distance, so I gave the referee the benefit of the doubt. I know my players and, when I see players like Juan Mata almost in hysterics claiming, I could understand immediately,” said Mourinho according to www.manutd.com.
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Speaking about his players’ performance, the coach said, “I am happy with the players’ attitudes and desires. I have no complaint about my players. I think the performance was a big-hearted performance with the players giving everything due to their limits. The majority of them, with the accumulation of matches, their performance was with very good quality on creation, where we have missed chances and half-chances with crosses and balls in the face of the goal. They are half-chances if you arrive on time.”
Talking about injury to his players, he said, “Zlatan is one month out. I don’t know about Romelu Lukaku. Of course, you miss your striker and your target man. You only have two attacking players on the bench, Rashford and Anthony Martial and you lose one of them immediately. I wanted a third change late in the game and I didn’t have a third attacking player so that’s difficult.”
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