Ander Herrera has insisted he has a “fantastic relationship” with Jose Mourinho as he urged Manchester United to recover in the Premier League title race against Tottenham.
“We have a fantastic relationship, but what I said was that in the first 30 minutes they had a better attitude than us,” Herrera said.
“That’s what happened. But after that we had a good attitude and we were even close to drawing the game, which is not so easy after playing bad the first 30 minutes.
“But now we want to forget what happened on Saturday.
“We want to move forward for a massive game against Tottenham and try to win.
“After the defeat at Huddersfield we needed good feelings back, because when you lose a game you want to play as quick as possible and play well.”
“It is a big week, but Tottenham is our target now,” Herrera said.
“It is a tough game and Tottenham is a direct rival for the title.
“They are there every season. In the last two or three years they have improved a lot and they are contenders for everything; for the Champions League, for both cups and for the league.
“We saw the game they played with Real Madrid and they were not worse than them.
“So that means they are ready for anything.”
“You cannot play every game of the season at your best — you can’t win 4-0 every game.
“It’s true we didn’t create too many chances at Liverpool, and in Benfica we controlled the match but also didn’t create as many chances as we would like.
“But I think we have got some very good feelings back now and this is what we need to face Tottenham.”
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