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Jose Mourinho: This is why Manchester United lost to ‘lucky’ Arsenal
JOSE MOURINHO has claimed Manchester United were wasteful with their opportunities against a “lucky” Arsenal team.
Jose Mourinho has called Arsenal's win lucky
Arsenal ran out 2-0 winners against Manchester United at the Emirates with goals from Granit Xhaka and Danny Welbeck.
The result was Arsene Wenger's first win against Jose Mourinho and ended the Red Devils' 13-game unbeaten run.
However, Mourinho was not happy with the defeat and called the Gunners 'lucky'.
Danny Welbeck doubled Arsenal's lead with a fine header
Mourinho: The players are EXHAUSTED as team is down
"I'm disappointed with the result, not the performance. I liked individual performances and also collective performances,” Mourinho said.
"We lost because we didn't score and we had great chances to score before them.
"They had luck with that goal.
"I can't ask anymore from my players who haven't played a minute for several weeks - Phil Jones, Chris Smalling and Juan Mata were all amazing.
"The team was good, organised, we tried to win, we played to win, we defended well and Arsenal weren't better than us in my opinion."
The result was United's first league defeat in 26 games, dating back to October when they lost to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
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