Jose Mourinho insists he loves the "pressure" of cup competitions.

Mourinho's Manchester United host Derby County in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday night.

United won the competition in 2016 and Mourinho has revealed his passion for knockout trophies.

"I like the cups. I like the feeling of the knockout: you win you are in the competition, you lose you are out. I like that pressure and honestly I think fans also like it," said Mourinho.

"In this moment you don't even have the possibility of, after a draw, playing 30 more minutes - you go straight to a penalty shootout which obviously is a 50/50 situation.

"I think it's good because no extra-time, no more extra minutes that we already have, especially the teams that are playing European competitions and especially when it goes to the end of the competitions - extra-time is really, really difficult."