Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has played down their title chances after drawing with Stoke City.

Shortly after taking charge at United over the summer, Mourinho declared he was aiming for the title this season.

They lie sixth, 11 points behind Chelsea who also have a game in hand, but the Portuguese said: "I set the target because I think you cannot do a different thing at Manchester United, and I think there is no better way to have some evolution in many aspects than to set the target really high.

"For some reason Manchester United in the last three seasons didn't win the title, in football it is very difficult and we are improving in many aspects.

"For me, the biggest improvement is the fact that the next match we want to win - it doesn't matter the opponent, the competition, we go to every match with that mentality.

"Obviously you do not win all the time, and in our case in the Premier League we drew too many matches. Today we showed why, because the opponent score even without creating one single chance and for us to score we have to create six, seven chances. So it is hard."