Jose Mourinho thinks the difference between Borussia
Dortmund and Manchester United in Friday's International
Champions Cup encounter was akin to the gulf in quality in
Formula One and Formula Three .
The Portuguese was handed his first loss as United manager
as the Red Devils were thrashed 4-1 by a clinical Dortmund
side in a difficult evening in Shanghai.
Dortmund had played four matches already in pre-season and
the difference in energy and efficiency was notable as two
goals for Gonzalo Castro , a penalty from Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang and Ousmane Dembele 's fine solo effort put
United to the sword. Henrikh Mkhitaryan 's goal against his
former club rendered a mere side note.
But Mourinho refused to put too much emphasis on the result
of the match, pointing to the fact United still have eight
players unavailable due to their Euro 2016 commitments.
Using a quirky motorsport reference to explain the difference
with Dortmund, Mourinho said: " I don't think I can analyse
them [the players] with such difference in preparation. It was
like F1 against F3.
"They are much sharper, so it is difficult to judge. The quality
and mentality and personality is there.
"[It's been] 10 days of work. People are really tired, we played
against high-quality opposition. It is unfair to make any
decision. Day by day they are starting to win my trust.
" The reality is even in this situation we have six players still in
Europe, plus [Wayne] Rooney and [Chris] Smalling who are
only training.
"That is eight not involved. Obviously some are not going to
stay in the squad and it will be different than it is at the
moment."
He added: " My thoughts are simple. I know in pre-season the
team in the advanced stage of preparation looks better. It
happens year after year.
"It was too obvious. We knew after 10 minutes that one team
started training a month ago and played four games.
"In the second half it was better. I think 3-2 was more natural
than 4-1. They showed good quality and are at an advanced
stage."
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