On the eve of the fight of the FA Cup, "Red Devils" beat Derby with a score of 2: 0.

In the starting line-up for the match, United appeared an Armenian midfielder Henry Mkhitaryan, recently not enjoying the confidence of the head coach Jose Mourinho.

Nevertheless, the Portuguese gave the midfielder not so much playing time, replacing that already in the break of the duel. Subsequently, Jose commented on his decision:.

"It was a little unfair to Henry, and I said it to him at half-time," - began Mourinho.

"He did not deserve this, and I'm not happy that I did this way. Mkhitaryan played well, he did not look bad.

Several times he lost the ball, but Henry asked a good dynamic for the team, and I felt that playing in the position of center forward Marcus Rushford will not be able to score a goal ".

"Therefore, I did not want to waste time in vain and released Romel Lukaku. In this case, I had to sacrifice a player, and such a player became Miki ".

"Nevertheless, such substitutions in the break for me are not normal practice, because I apologized to Mkhitaryan in front of everyone, because he did not deserve this," - concluded Jose.

Earlier Mourinho told why Henrikh Mkhitaryan lost his place in the main team.