Mourinho criticizes the players after the 4-1 defeat against Liverpool in the United States

Jose Mourinho admitted that he would not have paid to watch his weakened Manchester United team during their pre-season tour of the United States.

The troubled campaign of the United International Champions Cup suffered another blow with a 4-1 defeat to Premier League rivals Liverpool, Michigan on Saturday night.

"The atmosphere is good but if I did [the fans] I would not come," said Manchester boss Mourinho, quoted by the BBC sport at his press conference. ; post-match.

He added, "I would not spend my money to see those teams, I was watching on TV Chelsea against Inter and Nice people decided that the beach was better."

"They do not did not go to the match, the stadium was empty.

"I think the pbadion that many Americans have for football deserves more.They deserve the best teams and invest to bring the best clubs to the United States."

Mourinho said that United and Other clubs were unable to deliver the "real quality football" that would help attract even more interest to the United States.

Constant Theme

Mourinho complaining that his team was decimated by so many of his players being on vacation after the World Cup was a constant theme of United's unfortunate trip across the Atlantic. Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku and Marouane Fellaini, as well as Phil Jones, Ashley Young, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford, are still absent. Antonio Valencia and Chris Smalling also missed Liverpool's defeat due to an injury, while Anthony Martial had returned home to witness the birth of his second child.

Alexis Sanchez made an appearance in Michigan, but he was frustrated by the superb free kick from Andreas Pereira who offered minimal consolation to a club ripped apart by Liverpool.

Asked about Sanchez's behavior, Mourinho replied, "Do you want me to be very happy with the players that he has around him?"

"We do not play here to improve the quality of life. team, dynamics or our routines. . . We just play to try to survive and not have bad results. Alexis is the only attacking player we have.

"We do not have wagons, we do not have scorers.He is the only one who is here and the poor do their best with the frustration of someone else. who wants more. "

Mourinho argued that the group of players in the United States is" not our team, it's not our team – not even 30% ".

"We start the game with almost half of the players who will not even be part of our squad on August 9th (transfer deadline).

" So what is this game? Gave? Nothing. In the absence of Martial, he says: "Anthony Martial has the baby and after the birth of the baby – beautiful baby, full of health, thank God – he should be here and he is not there." [19659008] Worry of the news

Mourinho congratulated Ivorian defender Eric Bailly for intervening after Smalling snatched moments before the match. But he revealed more worrying news about the injuries, with Serbian midfielder Nemanja Matic having to miss the start of the season after being operated on in the United States. "We had four or five players today who care about the club and try to give it all," said Mourinho.

"They even risked themselves because they do not want to leave all the children [be] alone on the field against Milan, Liverpool, Real Madrid.

" For example, Eric Bailly was not going to play and when he saw that Smalling in the warm up was leaving, he decided that he did not want another child on the ground. This is not fair for Alexis, [Juan] Mata, [Ander] Herrera and the guys who are there.

"Matic was operated on.It came out for the start of the season.

" He came from the World Cup with the injury and the time he had to rest on vacation was not enough to solve the problem. "

Mourinho wants to strengthen his team before the transfer deadline with Toby Alderweireld from Tottenham and Harry Maguire from Leicester has reported defensive targets.

" I would like to have two other players ", Mourinho said, "But I do not think I'll have two. I think it's possible, I'll have one.

"I gave a list to my club, five names, a few months ago and I'm waiting to see if it's possible to have one of these players."