Mourinho: A miracle will only allow United to finish the season in one of the top four ranks

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho admitted that his team could only finish the season in the first four places.

United is now seventh in the Premier League, eight points from the possibility of winning a spot in the Champions League next season. Arsenal will face Arsenal, fourth in the Premier League on Wednesday night.

United are eight points behind Arsenal, who have not won a match since Nov. 3 and have drawn in their last two games against Crystal Palace and Southampton.

Said Mourinho, who was talking with a television RedeTV "Last year, we said that winning second place in the league would be a great success because of the possibilities we compared to the other teams competing for the first four places," he said.

"We are trying to get as many points as possible and hope to reach fourth place," he said, citing his ambitions for the rest of the current league.

But at a press conference later in the day before Wednesday's match against Arsenal, Mourinho seemed to be slightly out of touch with what he had said on Brazilian television about the news. 39, use of the word "miracle".

"I do not know if I used this phrase, but if I used it, I would never describe my feelings," he said.

"I do not think we need a miracle, but a series of good results," he continued. "We must avoid wasting points that we should not."

At the same time, football commentator and former England striker Chris Sutton said Mourinho was acting as if he wanted to be fired.

We know that the relationship of the Portuguese coach with his players has been the subject of many criticisms this season, criticisms that were renewed after the disappointing performance of Saturday.

"Mourinho's performance is better than his team's in terms of fun to watch," said Sutton at the BBC's fifth radio. "He scores more points off the field than the team can score."

What will happen next January (at the beginning of the season)? Does the club trust him and give him a lot of money? Personally, I think that he wants to be fired. The deals he made (to buy players) were disastrous, "What's the good thing about United's performance this season?" The responsibility is first of all that of the manager who throws it on the others.

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