INT=Interviewer VO=Voiceover from media manager
VO: Okay we'll split the press conference into 2. We'll do post-match: Reading, and then pre-match: Hull
VO: If you'd like to put your hands up.
INT: Er, José first of all can we get your thoughts on Wayne Rooney's achievement today of equalling Sir Bobby Charlton's goal scoring record?
JOSÉ: I think the best day will arrive. This is not the best day for him. The best day will arrive, it's just the question of,
"WHEN?"
But, erm, it's amazing because everybody knows
who Sir Bobby is and what he means for the,
the history of the club and the history of English football and
for Wayne to
to score the same number of goals for Manchester United is fantastic, but again
the best day will arrive.
INT: So overall, what did you make of the team performance?
JOSÉ: Very professional, very professional. I could feel it
since the first minute because
[in the] first minute already [there were] 2 big chances to score.
The team was intense, the team was dynamic.
Playing well.
Then obviously as we expected, they are good with the ball, so when we gave them the chance to have the ball,
they had it and they moved the ball and they created not "big chances" but they created some,
some attacking football.
And for a long time the game was still open with 2-0,
but I'm really happy with our attitude
INT: There was a lot of good performances from your players José, do you feel Anthony's sort of really starting to hit his stride again?
JOSÉ: No, he played very well
against Middlesborough,
but because he was not playing for a long time,
him and myself, we felt
that 48 hours later against West Ham it was better not to start.
So today, fresh and again very objective playing against a good player
Er, Gunter is a good right-back.
And he performed very well again but I think
everybody [played well]. We could name lots of players, we could name Fellaini, we could name
so many of them.
But overall, the team collectively played well again.
And we defended well, we created lots of chances, good.
INT: How's Marcos Rojo?
JOSÉ: I don't know, a muscle. I have lots of question marks always and I don't
like to say.
People like to say first degree: X days out; second degree....
Let's wait to see what- yeah.
INT: José when you say when his best day will arrive, do you mean that there's still a good year or 2 more in him?
JOSÉ: I was telling that the best day is the day he scores the next goal, I mean he scores the next goal he becomes
the top scorer in the history of Mancester United and that's an amazing thing.
INT: How important will those 2 goals be for Rashford?
JOSÉ: I spoke with him at half time and I told him that "I don't care about the goals you missed in the first half"
because he had big responsibility in the way we were breaking their defensive line.
He was playing so well for us, so, one more goal or one less goal
doesn't change [anything] but obviously, for an attacking player
to score a goal
means happiness, means confidence so it was good for him.
INT: His movement er, his movement off the ball and running off the ball was very pleasing-
JOSÉ: Yeah, very good, he's very fast and
the team with
with Marcus we know how to change from Marcus and Zlatan they are 2 different players and we know
the kind of movements we have to do.
And with Marcus especially in the first half, we were very objective and we created lots of problems for Reading.
INT: José, what did you learn about your squad today?
JOSÉ: Nothing new I just learned what- I didn't learn, in fact I just confirmed
what I knew already. [These] People are very professional, these people train so well
and because they trained so well, they can come here and perform the way they did.
Ashley Young, his last match, I don't remember when it was. I think it was in Ukraine,
1 and a half months ago.
He performed for 90 minutes, he could cope with 90 minutes of intensities so they train very well.
They have a big desire to play and there are very good friends between them
so they are always positive and when somebody is not playing,
he's motivating another one and he's waiting for his opportunity.
So, everyone that played today
gave a very good answer but was not a surprise for me.
VO: Okay can I have your questions ahead of Hull please?
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