Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho revealed his tactical masterclass for victory over Chelsea.
Mourinho switched to the 3-5-2 formation United started in for their FA Cup defeat at Stamford Bridge last month, which featured Ander Herrera’s first-half red card.
The United manager remains adamant United would have beaten Chelsea had Herrera stayed on and explained how he tactically outclassed the visitors’ coach Antonio Conte.
“I want to say I was convinced even before the cup that controlling the two players that played behind Diego [Costa],” Mourinho explained. “Sometimes Hazard, sometimes Hazard-Pedro controlling the position of these two players, and controlling the full-backs because they go really deep with two wide men would create them lots of problems.
“And I repeat the same: They are phenomenal in counter-attack, and when they have the ball it’s more difficult for them and when they have the ball we are compact and when they try to play counter-attack we were always in control of these link positions.
“Diego is very dangerous but the two link positions are the two positions we have to control. We did that at Stamford Bridge when we played with 11, with 10 it was more difficult and today we control.”
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