Jose Mourinho claims the table is ‘unfair’

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has been complaining about his teams ‘unfair’ results

According to Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, the Premier League table is ‘unfair’ on his team and they are better than their league position.

Did the high-profile Portuguese boss believe the table was ‘unfair’ when his Chelsea side won the title?

Or that the La Liga table was ‘unfair’ when his Real Madrid team won the title. The answer is no, because they were the best teams over the league campaign.

After 14 games United have been the sixth best team in the top-flight. The table does not usually lie.

The table is ‘unfair’

Mourinho revealed his thoughts by telling Sky Sports HQ: “I find it unfair, I find that we should have much more points than we have because you look at the table and it looks like other teams are better than us which, in my opinion, is not true,”

“So many draws that we deserve victories. If you could transform these draws into victories we would be very close to the top of the league, in between the top three or top four so I find more unfair but there is only one way – keep working”

Sorry Jose but life does not work like that. You are old enough to know that ifs, buts and maybes mean very little in football or in life in general.

Players need to take the responsibility

The players are responsible for the team’s current position. They produce the performances and more importantly the mistakes that have cost the Red Devils this season.

Like against Arsenal when youngster Marcus Rashford failed to track Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, only for the winger to cross for Olivier Giroud to head home the equaliser for the Gunners.

Arsenal failed to threaten for most of the game and United had been the better team, albeit not really outstanding. However, the Gunners ruthlessly capitalised on Rashford’s mistake and earned a point from nothing.

A similar scenario happened last Sunday at Everton. The Red Devils had had slightly the better of a poor game and were winning 1-0 on 85 minutes. Cue Mourinho sending on Everton’s knight in shining armour Marouane Fellaini.

The Belgian tripped Idrissa Gueye in the box and Leighton Baines made no mistake from the spot. It was a case of another two points thrown away because of an individual mistake.

Mourinho has been in football for a long time he knows that good teams have the ability to be ruthless. His team is not being ruthless at the moment and they are paying for it by dropping points.

The current United team is definitely a work in progress under Mourinho. The team and squad needed rebuilding and they are nowhere near the same standard of league leaders Chelsea or arch-rivals Manchester City. Going forward they cannot compete with bitter rivals Liverpool either at the moment.

A difficult task on Sunday

United welcome Tottenham to Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon with the visitors currently fifth and six points ahead of the men from Manchester. The Red Devils face a revitalised Spurs, who have recorded consecutive wins and scored eight goals in the process.

The Red Devils are favourites to beat Spurs at odds of 6/5, but it will not be an easy task for Mourinho’s side to accomplish on Sunday. As Mourinho has talked about, United have drawn too many games of late, four of their last five games in the Premier League in fact.

A draw cannot be ruled out this weekend either, with both teams having drawn six of their top-flight games this season. Mourinho needs to stop thinking about the ‘what ifs’ and start urging his players to keep their focus and concentration during games.

Jose Mourinho has been a winner and one of the best club managers of his generation. However, recently he is starting to make himself sound slightly silly. The Portuguese boss needs to get back to winning games and improving the flagging fortunes of his United team.

Have results been ‘unfair’ in Manchester United’s recent games?