3-1 defeat to Watford, was due to mistakes and poor defending.- Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho, Manchester United manager has said their 3-1 defeat to Watford, was due to mistakes by the referee and poor defending.
Man U fell to a third consecutive defeat on Sunday at Vicarage Road.

Etienne Capoue opened scoring in the first half, before Marcus Rashford equalized after the break. But further goals from Juan Camilo Zuniga and Troy Deeney, ensured United left with nothing.

Mourinho claims the first goal should not have been allowed to stand.
“I can split this into three factors – one is the referee’s crucial mistakes, it’s not in my control,” he said.
“I can’t do anything, I can’t change that, it’s not under my control, but against Man City you know what happened in the 55th minute.
“Today, you know what happened in the first goal, so we were punished by these mistakes but I can’t do anything.”

Mourinho, however, accepted that the second goal was his own players fault.
“The third thing is what is in my hands, improvement of the team and the individuals. I tried to stop the defensive mistakes, and I knew that I had a task,” he added.

“Their second goal is a mistake. It’s a mistake that goes against our plan and against our training because our intention was for the wing-backs to be pressed and not let them progress.
“But what happens is that their guy gets the ball 25 metres away from our box and we gave him the space. This is a tactical but also a mental attitude. It’s something that doesn’t become perfect in a couple of weeks. So we have to improve, no doubt, individually and collectively. And that’s my job.”