Jose Mourinho Slams Players For Conceding Childish Goal

Jose Mourinho hailed his Manchester United team for a fantastic comeback from two goals down against Crystal Palace but slammed them for their mistakes and for conceding a “childish” goal.

United leapfrogged Liverpool to move back into second place in the Premier League thanks to Nemanja Matic’s glorious 30-yard strike, which had completed the comeback following goals from Chris Smalling and Romelu Lukaku.

Palace had taken a 2-0 lead through Andros Townsend scored and Patrick van Aanholt and, despite the win for Manchester United, Jose Mourinho said: “That disgraceful, childish second goal changed everything. But the players kept an amazing attitude.

“You always need that little bit of luck to win a match in the last few minutes. Sometimes the winner is the one who deserves the congratulations, but I think Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson did everything right. “I cannot tell you half of the things I told my team at half-time, because there would be lots of bleeping. What I said was all about the tactical positioning. “To come back from 2-0 down away from home against a team that is desperate for points, it gives us a great feeling.

“But it was a difficult match for me because my team made so many mistakes. We played very good quality football but we made so many defensive mistakes.”

Hodgson said: “At the moment, we are a little wounded, but our senior players are doing a fantastic job in holding the team together. “We have a bench which is both inexperienced and isn’t going to make the team better, because the best team we have at the moment is the one playing.