Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is not losing sleep over his sides title chances despite a poor start to the 2016/17 premier league season
The Red Devils were pummeled 4-0 at Stamford Bridge in what was the Portuguese heaviest defeat in British football as former club Chelsea decided to hand him a taste of his own medicine in front of fans that had idolized him for many years.
However, Mourinho is adamant that Manchester United will compete for the title come the end of May as they are only six points adrift of leaders Manchester City after just nine matches so far.
"I would prefer to play (next) in the Premier League. It's a bad feeling in the Premier League. With the combination of results the gap to the top is six points. We have had a very difficult period of matches. We lost points this week and, even in the match when we played phenomenal against Stoke, we lost points then. Now we need to win matches," he told MUTV.
"I am not saying they are easy ones, but we have Burnley, we have Swansea, West Ham, Sunderland, Middlesbrough - matches that we need to win and the top four, the top five, they have to play between themselves like we did this week against Chelsea and Liverpool.
"They are going to lose points too, so we are in the run, but there is no way to hide because I think our faces speak by themselves. We are really, really sad, but again this is not for kids, this is for men and...we have to be men and work for the next one."
Manchester United returns to action on Wednesday in the EFL Cup as they face local rivals Manchester City.
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