‘We Don’t Have Mad Dogs’
Jose Mourinho bemoaned a lack of “mad dogs” in his Manchester United team after the 2-2 draw with Southampton but praised the way his players staged another fight-back to salvage a point at St Mary’s.
United battled back from 2-0 down to earn a draw thanks to goals from Romelu Lukaku and Ander Herrera.
Mourinho was also unimpressed with United’s sloppiness in midfield with Paul Pogba, back in the team after being left out against Young Boys in midweek, guilty of giving the ball away on a number of occasions.
“We lost so many balls in midfield,” Mourinho told BT Sport. “In the second half we went back to losing too many balls in midfield. The players they don’t understand that simplicity is genius, especially in some parts of the pitch.
“What we needed to improve in this game was simplicity in midfield. Make it simple, make the ball arrive fast to the attacking players.
“But good spirit, good fight to come back from 2-0 to 2-2.”
“We don’t have many mad dogs, the ones who bite all the ball all the time and press all the time, we don’t have many with that spirit,” he said. “It was nothing to do with the system and Matic and McTominay did a very positive job for two midfield players.