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BOURNEMOUTH, England – Jose Mourinho is described as "the luckiest manager in the Premier League" after a last-minute goal by his replacement Marcus Rashford allowed Manchester United to impose 2-1 in Bournemouth, Saturday.
United seemed utterly angry from the start and was dragged out in the 11th minute after Callum Wilson, unidentified, converted the center of Junior Stanislas at close range.
Bournemouth continued to control the match and Anthony Martial's equalizer in the 35th was totally opposed to the race.
Ashley Young slipped the ball to Alexis Sanchez on the right side of the penalty area and sent it back to Martial, who scored his fifth goal in five games.
"The first half was a disaster. We were really lucky because we were poor, our defense was awful, "said Mourinho. "When I say defensively, I do not just look at my defenders, I look at my team as a team.
"I felt that the spectators in this game did not believe in the work we did on the training ground during the week. At half-time, I thought I was the luckiest manager in the Premier League because … it should have been 5-2 or 6-2 (in Bournemouth).
"I told my players (at half-time) that it was impossible to play less well than us and that the second half was going to be better, that's for sure."
With what Mourinho called "calm" words in the meantime, United was a team turned into a second period and several times he almost scored.
Bournemouth made a remarkable double escape in the 65th minute when Nathan Ake launched his body following a shot by English striker Rashford after Young hit the wood. David Brooks then hacked Paul Pogba's rebound.
But it is a temporary respite, as Pogba rushes to the left two minutes after stopping the game before sending an inviting center that Rashford fought back before beating Bournemouth goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
"The second half was exactly the opposite of the first," said Mourinho. "We created a lot of chances, we insisted, we had a lot more aggression, intensity and intent.
"I can not believe how much we started. I was not warming up but my badistants told me it was the best warm-up of our season, everyone was very focused with great intensity. I like the song 'Attack, Attack, Attack', but you should know that when you lose the ball, you must have stability.
"We do not show that we have stability. We were ready for anything, we worked tactically for everything. I really can not understand the kind of mentality that brings me more white hair. "
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