Mourinho: We need a killer instinct

Jose Mourinho highlighted Manchester United’s lack of “killer instinct” in front of goal and the low number of clean sheets this season as areas of concern.

United drew a line under their Champions League defeat to Juventus in midweek a s goals from Paul Pogba and Anthony Mar- tial secured a 2-1 win against Everton at Old Trafford.

However, it was a far from convincing display from the hosts, who have kept just one opponent scoreless this season after gifting the Toffees a lifeline when Gylfi Sigurdsson scored from the penalty spot.

At the other end of the pitch Marcus Rashford proved just as ineffectual up front as Romelu Lukaku, who was benched for the visit of his former club and took his United drought to nine games after coming on as a substitute.

“We are playing OK, we are not as rock solid as I would like,” the Manchester United manager said.

“We don’t have the killer instinct that I would like. Some teams with three chances they score three goals and some teams without the ball can resist and keep clean sheets all the time.

“For us it is almost an impossible mission to keep a clean sheet even with the phenomenal goalkeeper we have and to score goals is really difficult for us.”

Pogba broke the deadlock after 27 minutes but only after converting the rebound when his penalty was magnificently saved one-handed by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

His stuttering run-up, in which he took marginal steps forward without ever really accelerating towards the ball, attracted criticism on social media.

Mourinho admitted Pogba should perhaps think about altering his technique but commended the World Cup winner for his willingness to front up.

Mourinho said: “The thing I like is the desire to