The former Red Devils manager knows the pain of a heavy defeat and believes his counterpart is in for a rough night

Jose Mourinho has stated that he does not belive Tottenham's demolition of Manchester United will "destroy" Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and his squad, but the former Red Devils boss did profess his sympathy for his successor after their 6-1 mauling.

Spurs ran rampant over a 10-man Red Devils side at Old Trafford in Sunday's Premier League clash, with doubles for Son Heung-min and Harry Kane helping to deal the damage on an often woeful performance from the hosts.

Despite an early Bruno Fernandes penalty handing them a second-minute lead, United capitulated at the back in dramatic fashion, with further goals from Tanguy Ndombele and Serge Aurier helping to cement a famous victory while Anthony Martial was sent off at the half-hour mark for an altercation with Erik Lamela.

United's abject defending in the first three games of this Premier League season has seen them concede 11 goals. The only other time they let in at least 10 over the same period at the start of a season was in 1930-31, when they were relegated.

The humbling nature of the defeat will cast further doubt over Solskjaer's credentialsas the manager to restore United to the summit of English football, but Mourinho, the man he replaced in the dugout in 2018, insists he deserves credit for an obvious overall improvement in the team's fortunes.

[b]"I have sympathy for Ole because of the result," he told reporters. "I don't remember that I lost by six but I lost by five, I lost by four. I know how we hurt.

"I know it's very, very important that the winning manager behaves in a way where he shows sympathy. Of course, I want to win, and of course, I want to win by seven, not by six. Don't get me wrong.

"But it's sympathy in our behaviour. Today was him, tomorrow is me. Of course, I feel sympathy for him. I can imagine that tonight he's not going to sleep very, very well. But this is the hard life of us.

"But when I look to his team, there was an evolution. It's not like he arrives here and the team doesn't improve. The team is improving, they have good players, he bought lots of young players. Very good players. If it's true that [Edinson] Cavani is coming, Cavani is one of the top strikers in the world. Manchester United is Manchester United. It's not a defeat that is going to destroy them. I can imagine they will react like Manchester United always react.

"So, I feel sympathy for the result, but apart from that no sympathy because he has an incredible job and it feels like the players like him, they are with him. They are going to react for sure."[/b]

Solskjaer was incensed by Lamela's behaviour, the Spurs winger having flung an arm at Martial and then dropped to the ground under minimal contact as the Frenchman retaliated.
Mourinho, though, suggested United were fortunate not to see further red cards, with Paul Pogba having put in one or two heavy challenges and Luke Shaw having scythed down Lucas Moura as he ran towards David de Gea's penalty area.

"I didn't watch [Lamela's reaction]," he said. "For sure, for sure, for sure, Manchester United could have ended the match with eight players. I can say because some of the reactions were not far from me and easy to see. But I agree with [referee] Anthony Taylor for not showing more red cards to them because it would be a disastrous situation for them.

"So, for example, that Luke Shaw red card...okay, that's a bit...the situation between Lamela, Pogba and Martial, I don't know. I don't know. What I know is that before that we were winning, we were dominating, we were ultra-confident. And that's the only thing that made the game easier. But the game was in our hands."

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make una come register una sympathy

ghettokid1:
As a good friend let me also sympathise with fuckingmallam45 gbest90 emeijeh & ebukahades10 - they are not going to sleep well..

ghettokid1:
As a good friend let me also sympathise with fuckingmallam45 gbest90 emeijeh & ebukahades10 - they are not going to sleep well..

fergie001:

Very true.....they won't BUT I think they will be refreshed with the Liverpool game.

EbukaHades10:
Even people wey dem dey pay no dey lose sleep over am, e go come be me wey dem no dey pay

ghettokid1:
As a good friend let me also sympathise with fuckingmallam45 gbest90 emeijeh & ebukahades10 - they are not going to sleep well..

ghettokid1:
Liverpool was away while they were at home

Fuckingmallam45:

well I have been waiting for him to make a comment, because I know he will never disappoint someone in his choice of words
He has been known as a disrespectful person who always give out a controversial statements against managers and players. So I’m not surprised.

fergie001:

Against a bottom-six side?
Without a red card?

ghettokid1:
He never finish o....He is still coming for Ole's head...He will still throw 2-3 punches before weekend.
&
Thats one of the reasons why I love Him..

ghettokid1:
Make i hear say you go sleep like on normal day...

Fuckingmallam45:

Yes of course, don’t you know him

ghettokid1:
aaahh...i know even know how to settle these matters..
atleast Barca's lost was against the reigning Champions, while Liverpool's was against an unknown team..

EbukaHades10:
Last time wey I lose sleep/cry on top Liverpool matter na the 3-3 draw against Crystal Palace in 2014.

Since then, I no dey worry myself again

fergie001:
eXactly

ghettokid1:
As a good friend let me also sympathise with fuckingmallam45 gbest90 emeijeh & ebukahades10 - they are not going to sleep well..