Mourinho's view on FA Cup win over Reading

Jose Mourinho was delighted with his players as Manchester United secured a spot in the FA Cup fourth round by beating Reading 4-0 at Old Trafford.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring to equal Sir Bobby Charlton’s all-time goal record before Anthony Martial and a second-half brace from Marcus Rashford rounded off a perfect afternoon for the Reds.
Here are the main points of discussion from the manager’s post-match interview with MUTV…


The players were professional
“I think we started very well, we didn’t kill the game but 2-0 was a good situation for us to control the game. I think it’s a very professional job with everybody really focused and trying to play well, which we did, and winning the match, which we should, against a team that gave us some difficult moments. The team was intense; the team was dynamic, playing well. As we expected, they were good with the ball so when we gave them the chance to have the ball they had it, they moved the ball and create, not big chances, but create some attacking football and, for a long time, the game was still open at 2-0 but I’m very happy with the attitude."
Rooney’s big moment is "arriving"
“I think it’s just a question of time to score one more goal and become in the history of Manchester United. It’s arriving; the big moment for him is arriving. It’s amazing because everybody knows who Sir Bobby [Charlton] is and what he means for the history of the club and English football and, for Wayne to score the same number of goals for Manchester United, is fantastic."
It could have been more
"We played well and, without Zlatan [Ibrahimovic] today, we had to go for a different style of play and Marcus [Rashford] is very fast in getting behind people. We play with four creative – and three players in attacking areas – and with Michael [Carrick] and [Marouane] Fellaini controlling the organisation in midfield. I think we could have scored more goals but it would be a bit too nasty to them as they presented good football.”
Martial was fresh and firing"[Anthony Martial] played very well against Middlesbrough but, because he was not playing for a long time, him and myself felt that 48 hours later against West Ham it was better not to start so, today, he was fresh and again very objective playing against a good player. [Chris] Gunter is a good right-back and he performed very well again but I think [of] everybody, we could name lots of players, we could name [Marouane] Fellaini, we could name so many of them, but, overall, the team collectively played well again and we created lots of chances."