Jose Mourinho took pride in Tottenham s historical victory at Manchester United and said the Red Devils had no solutions to control us in a 6-1 rout at Old Trafford.
United shambled their way to their joint-worst home Premier League defeat despite taking a 1-0 lead with a second-minute Bruno Fernandes penalty.
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min each scored twice, while Tanguy Ndombele and Serge Aurier were also on target against United, who had Anthony Martial sent off at 2-1.
It meant a very happy return for former United boss Mourinho and the Portuguese was effusive in his praise of his rampant side.
Manchester United doesn t lose many matches, to lose by six is of course not every day, Mourinho told Sky Sports.
[It s a] historical victory but in the end [it s] three points and three very important points because we lost five points at home.
We prepared ourselves very well tactically and also psychologically, the team was ready. So ready that a penalty in the first minute and going 1-0 down did not affect the team at all.
Some people can say you play against 10 men for a long time which is true but for me it is also true that 11 v 11 we were playing extremely well, we were creating huge problems, we were winning 2-1 and they could not find solutions to control us.
Lads, it s Tottenham.
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Martial s sending off was not without controversy, with the Frenchman dismissed for raising a hand to Erik Lamela in an apparent retaliation to receiving an elbow from the Spurs winger.
But Mourinho suggested United are not in a position to complain about the outcome.
I didn t watch it. Maybe later I will. If someone can cry about the VAR decisions it is Tottenham and if someone cannot cry about VAR it is Manchester United for sure, he added.
I don t know, the only thing I know is we played extremely well. I told my players that a good result here would be to win and we did that.
Dele Alli made his first Premier League appearance since the opening-day defeat to Everton, coming off the bench in the second half having only played a couple of Europa League qualifiers since the loss to the Toffees.
The England midfielder had been linked with a move to Paris Saint-Germain but Mourinho insists Alli has always been part of his plans.
He has never stopped showing, I always said that I never had a problem with him. Very polite, very educated, always behaving well. He is training well, sometimes I want different things from him on the pitch, Mourinho said.
That is more about his qualities as a player than other things. He is a fantastic player as everyone knows.
