Daily Express

‘I know that I did my job’

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know. They can think about me and remember our great relationsh­ip and have a good reaction. They can look at me and say, ‘for 90 minutes he is Manchester United manager and against us, so he is not someone we like at this moment’. I know I did my job there.”

Mourinho hopes defender Chris Smalling, right, recovers in time from a muscular problem as United bid to end a run of 10 games without a win against Chelsea stretching back to October 2012. He also says midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was absent from the United squad for an eighth straight game on Thursday, is close to recovering from a thigh injury, but will have to fight his way into the team. “He has to work more to get the intensity and fitness to play at a high level,” said Mourinho. “To have him on the bench and give him 15 or 20 minutes like I did to Memphis, is much better for him.”

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