But it was Herrera who Mourinho believes inspired his side to victory.
“I think I was happy with bringing Ander [Herrera] to the game because normally the intention is, when you look for a better result than you have, it is to play attacking players or in theory to make attacking changes,” he said.
“But I felt that the team needed a player like Ander to give us balance in that position, to give us more pressure, recover the ball faster and also to project Ashley Young, so I think I was happy with that change.”
And ahead of their Champions League clash with Juve in midweek, Manchester United supporters are now calling for Mourinho to be starting Herrera in place of Matic or Fred.
Manchester United fans want Ander Herrera starting more (Image: REUTERS)
Manchester United fans are calling for Nemanja Matic to be dropped (Image: REUTERS)
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“Play herrera instead of fred..fred is useless,” one fan wrote.
Another said: “He needs to get rid of Matic and Herrera needs to play more.”
“We really need to drop Matic for Herrera,” a third fan commented.
A fourth supporter said: “Please play HERRERA instead of FRED!!”