Jose Mourinho had every right to fume - he won't get a better chance for Man Utd revenge

FENERBAHCE 1-1 MANCHESTER UNITED: Erik 10 Hag's broadside took the pb successful beforehand of a vociferous location crowd, but Jose Mourinho denied his aged broadside their archetypal European triumph of the season

Little wonderment Jose Mourinho saw red. The Special One volition ne'er person a amended accidental of getting 1 implicit connected the nine that sacked him.

Christian Eriksen’s rocket changeable and Andre Onana’s heroics successful extremity ensured that, Manchester United, the squad that has forgotten however to triumph successful Europe returned location with a point.

A seething Mourinho finished the game successful the basal aft being sent disconnected for the ninth clip successful his vocation for giving French referee Clement Turpin a volley of abuse.

The Fenerbahce brag was incandescent aft Turpin waved distant a furious punishment entreaty erstwhile Manuel Ugarte challenged Bright Osayi-Samuel conscionable a fewer minutes aft Youssef En-Nesyri had cancelled retired Eriksen’s first-half blast.

In the end, United escaped from a seething Sukru Saracoglu Stadium with their 3rd successive gully of a faltering Europa League campaign.

They beryllium 21st successful the table.

But the effect did small to assistance Erik 10 Hag’s prospects of suffering the aforesaid destiny that yet befell Mourinho astatine Old Trafford.

Ten Hag’s squad person present conscionable won 1 of their past 11 European games. They person conceded 18 goals connected their past six trips to the continent - and they person present led for 4 of those games and failed to win.

United travelled to the Asian banks of the Bosphorus with a squad stripped of 10 players by wounded and suspension. But Ten Hag past astonished everyone by leaving Champions League-winning midfielder Casemiro connected the seat and asking full-back Noussair Mazroaoui arsenic a No 10.

Mourinho volition nary uncertainty constituent retired that the squad helium sent retired consisted of 3 escaped transfers, 3 indebtedness signings and was assembled astatine a outgo of astir £40million - which was what United paid for the anonymous Joshua Zirkzee.

And helium could besides suggest that connected different nighttime the broadside presently sitting 4th successful Super Lig would person won with plentifulness to spare had they taken their chances.

The location fans created a deafening partition of sound. Their squad included erstwhile United midfielders Fred and Sofyan Amrabat - and they rocked the Reds with a furious start.

But United drew archetypal humor erstwhile they went up aft a classical counter-attack successful the 15th minute. Fenerbahce felt Ugarte’s situation connected Fred was a foul - but erstwhile Alejandro Garnacho was sent speeding down the left, the location squad were successful trouble.

The Argentine youngster’s transverse recovered Mazraoui and erstwhile Zirkzee worked the shot backmost to Eriksen, the Dane recovered the apical country with a saccharine plaything of his close ft from 20 yards.

Rashford was inches distant from doubling United’s pb erstwhile helium took a overgarment of overgarment disconnected the acold station with a debased thrust aft cutting successful from the right.

Moments later, Dusan Tadic thought helium had a tap-in for an equaliser erstwhile Onana spilled Szymanski’s cross, but Ugarte rescued the visitors with an astonishing block.

Mourinho looked adjacent to tears connected the touchline. Then En-Nesyri, Fenerbahce’s grounds signing, was thwarted by 2 sensational saves by Onana.

The United keeper did a good content of Gordon Banks to scoop retired the Moroccan’s downward header earlier recovering to extremity implicit his follow-up effort. This time, Mourinho could lone laugh.

He was smiling for each the close reasons 3 minutes aft the interruption erstwhile Allan Saint-Maximin crossed from the near and En-Nesyri smuggled himself betwixt Lindelof and Lisandro Martinez to caput home.

But his joyousness didn’t past long. And erstwhile helium fto rip aft Osayi-Samuel had taken a dive aft tangling with Ugarte, the Portuguese was sent packing.

Join our caller WhatsApp communityand person your regular dose of Mirror Football content. We besides dainty our assemblage members to peculiar offers, promotions, and adverts from america and our partners. If you don't similar our community, you tin cheque retired immoderate clip you like. If you're curious, you tin work our Privacy Notice.