Manchester United manager José Mourinho tried to spur his players after the humiliating defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and ahead of another important game, the EFL derby against Manchester City tomorrow night:
"I would prefer to play (next) in the Premier League. It's a bad feeling in the Premier League. With the combination of results the gap to the top is six points," Mourinho said.
"We have had a very difficult period of matches. We lost points this week and, even in the match when we played phenomenal against Stoke, we lost points then. Now we need to win matches.
"I am not saying they are easy ones, but we have Burnley, we have Swansea, West Ham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough - matches that we need to win and the top four, the top five, they have to play between themselves like we did this week against Chelsea and Liverpool."
"They are going to lose points too, so we are in the run, but there is no way to hide because I think our faces speak by themselves."
"We are really, really sad, but again this is not for kids, this is for men and...we have to be men and work for the next one."
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