The Portuguese adept felt astatine the opening of the caller play however hard the occupation that awaited him astatine Manchester United was. Although it seemed that with the titles helium had antecedently won, helium would beryllium acceptable to benignant retired the concern astatine Old Trafford, everything turned retired differently.
The squad was shockingly eliminated from the League Cup by Grimsby, a squad playing successful the 4th tier. After all, helium himself admitted that thing had to change.
“It is precise clear; we person to beryllium different, and that is the occupation of the coach. And you tin spot that thing has changed,” helium said aft the game, frankincense opening up galore questions astir his future.
This manager finished past play with lone 28 points successful 29 matches, and the nine was lone successful 15th place. This season, a caller blow; elimination successful the 2nd circular of the cup.
Signs of crisis
On the pitch, you could spot the dissatisfied look connected his players' faces erstwhile they conceded goals. After all, helium himself admitted that helium felt arsenic if the squad had sent him a message.
"It's not astir the result, I didn't privation america to spell done penalties. I deliberation the mode we played, the mode we approached the competition... I deliberation the players said precise loudly what they wanted today".
The fans couldn't judge that costly reinforcements similar Benjamin Sesko and Mateus Cunha failed to crook astir against rivals from a little rank.
"Everything. We person to beryllium arrogant arsenic we tally retired onto the field, we cognize that each gully successful the Premier League volition beryllium a large problem. We came present aft the draw, played precise good successful some league games, and past against the 4th part squad similar this... Once again, I deliberation the players person intelligibly shown what they want".
The Portuguese went connected and on;
"Penalties are not important. Does it substance if I volition basal determination and spot if we spell through? The happening is astir the signs that the squad gave astatine the opening of the game, during the game... If we had won this game, it would person been unfair to the opponent. Today the shot was precise fair, congratulations to them".
In the end, helium concluded: "It's important that we person to beryllium different, and that's the occupation of the coach. And you tin spot that thing has changed."