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Mourinho hails Man Utd win: The spirit, the fans, my players, everything

Manchester United fired home four goals as they defeated Fulham 4-1 on Saturday.

First-half goals from Ashley Young, Juan Mata and Lukaku put the hosts in control.

Substitute Aboubakar Kamara's penalty reduced the deficit from the spot but Fulham midfielder Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa's sending off was followed by a Marcus Rashford piledriver as United ran out 4-1 victors.

United boss Jose Mourinho found plenty of positives, “The result, the performance, the spirit, the fans, my players, everything and, if the second half was not as amazing as the first one, I blame [Claudio] Ranieri, because he improved his team. [He is] a clever man, very experienced, an old fox. He read the game, knows why we dominated them so easily in the first half, made changes and improved his team dramatically. "

"Then I think fatigue from Arsenal and also fatigue from the way we played in the first half, so [there was a] reduction of this level of pressing and levels of fast transitions, so I understand clearly there were reasons for the second half not being as good as the first, but still a good result, an important result."

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