Jose Mourinho believes Marco Silva’s Watford are a far better side than the one that gave Manchester United a cruel beating last season.
“Against Watford I was very upset with Watford’s first goal after some guy sent [Anthony] Martial to the hospital and the referee let it go,” Mourinho said.
“That is the reason why I was very, very upset at Watford. I think Watford made also progress.
“They have an unusual squad for a mid-table team.
“They have a squad full of very good players who are not normal to be in these mid-table teams. They have a good coach.
“They have improved a lot from last season too.”
Lukaku was left sweating on FA action as retrospective punishment for violent conduct would incur a three-match ban, ruling him out of the derby clash with Manchester City.
However, Press Association Sport understands the striker will face no action from the governing body over the incident.
Referee Neil Swarbrick took no action against Lukaku at the time and the incident was confirmed to have been missed by officials at Old Trafford.
As a result, a panel of three former elite referees reviewed the footage independently of one another to advise whether they deemed it a sending-off offence.
The decision had to be unanimous for a charge to be brought and clearly was not as Lukaku has escaped punishment.
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