Jose: We: should be punished
not disguise his anger afterwards, saying: “I’m more disappointed today than I was against Tottenham. Against Tottenham we lost the game but I liked very, very much my team’s performance.
“Of course, against Wolves we had a better result and one point is better than zero. But today I did not like my team.
“We deserve the punishment of only getting one. Wolves started better, were more aggressive, had more intent – I don’t know why but they were more motivated,” added Mourinho, who used to manage the Wanderers boss Nuno Espirito Santo at Porto.
“I can’t explain the difference of attitude. I never had a difference of attitude. We win three matches away from home. We come back with a good spirit. Then we start in a poor way.
“I could say we were tired, it was the Champions League, an awful pitch. That the body suffers an impact on artificial rather than actual grass.
“I could go in this direction. But Alexis Sanchez and Jesse Lingard didn’t play. Fred played 60 minutes, Marouane Fellaini as sub. Yes, it’s a mental situation. An attitude.
“One team was coming to play the game of their lives, the other to relax.”
The game marked Fergie’s first return to a home game since he suffered a brain haemorrhage in May.
The 76-year-old, the most successful manager in United’s history, had not been seen at Old Trafford since winning the biggest fight of his life.
But he was honoured with a deafening ovation from both sets of supporters as he took his seat in the directors’ box.
He said: “It’s really good to be back. It’s obviously been a long journey but I’m making steps forward, doing what my son tells me and what the doctors tell me so, yeah, it’s really good.
“I’m a bit nervous, to be honest with you, maybe a bit tense really because the last game was Arsenal back in April.”