Mourinho: Newcastle players ‘animals’ after Man Utd defeat
Manchester United pushed for a late equalizer but couldn’t find a way through.
And Mourinho has called the Newcastle players animals. “They fought like animals - I hope they take that as a compliment,” he said.
“The gods of football were on their side. It wasn't going to happen for us today. Newcastle gave what they have and what they don't have, that's a beautiful thing in football.”
"They fought for their point, a point is what they had in mind. We made a defensive mistake and when they are in front they had only one thing in mind and gave their lives to keep a clean sheet."
Manchester United remain 16 points behind leaders Manchester City, who are now just six wins from sealing the Premier League title.