'LUCKY' UNITED

Last updated : 27 February 2007 By Editor

"They go to the Champions League and have a disallowed goal for the opponent, and their goal is that [Giggs'] goal..

"They go to Fulham and it looks like they deserve to lose and they win.

"The information I have is that it was completely undeserved. But football is about this. Sometimes you don't deserve it and you win. It's a game that they could lose and in the end they win it.

"They play in Tottenham, it's 0-0 and Cristiano [Ronaldo] dives, they get a penalty and after that they win 4-0. It looks like everything is on their side, but that's football.

"This is a season in which they've had no injuries and every player is fine to play.

"We've had one less match than United.

"We have to try to go back to six points. What we have to do is keep going and see if the next step is to close the gap or open the gap. If it's to open the gap then it's very, very difficult. If it's to close the gap and go from six to four, then everything is possible.

"My first season here, no injuries, and I remember we had five consecutive matches where we scored in the first minute of the game, and it's over."

'LUCKY' UNITED

Mourinho bemoans luck, lack of injuries and Ronaldo's 'diving'.

"They go to the Champions League and have a disallowed goal for the opponent, and their goal is that [Giggs'] goal..

"They go to Fulham and it looks like they deserve to lose and they win.

"The information I have is that it was completely undeserved. But football is about this. Sometimes you don't deserve it and you win. It's a game that they could lose and in the end they win it.

"They play in Tottenham, it's 0-0 and Cristiano [Ronaldo] dives, they get a penalty and after that they win 4-0. It looks like everything is on their side, but that's football.

"This is a season in which they've had no injuries and every player is fine to play.

"We've had one less match than United.

"We have to try to go back to six points. What we have to do is keep going and see if the next step is to close the gap or open the gap. If it's to open the gap then it's very, very difficult. If it's to close the gap and go from six to four, then everything is possible.

"My first season here, no injuries, and I remember we had five consecutive matches where we scored in the first minute of the game, and it's over."