Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho highlights Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford form in revealing frustrations

Mourinho highlighted his side's failures in front of goal after the win over Everton.
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Jose Mourinho couldn’t hide his frustrations even after what he described as Manchester United’s most complete performance of the season.

A 2-1 win against Everton moved United up to eighth in the Premier League, but still leaves them nine points adrift of leaders Liverpool.

Mourinho claims their wastefulness in front of goal is costing them, while weaknesses at the back remain a concern.

Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial put United in control against Everton. But Gylfi Sigurdsson’s 77th-minute penalty set up a tense finale – prompting fears there would be a repeat of the previous week’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea when Ross Barkley equalised in stoppage time.

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Afterwards Mourinho was frank about the issues within his team – highlighting the barren runs of the dropped Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford as concerns.

“The result was in doubt until the last second,” said the United manager. “That was the consequence of a goal we concede and some chances we miss.

“The performance was solid and in some moments beautiful, creative possession and we don’t need the last corner where a bit of tragedy and it would almost be like Stamford Bridge.

“We are not as rock solid as I would like. We don’t have that killer instinct I would like. Some teams they have three chances and score three goals.

“Some teams without the ball, can resist and keep a clean sheet all the time. But for us in this moment it is almost impossible to keep a clean sheet even with the phenomenal goalkeeper we have. And to score goals is really difficult for us – you can see that in this moment.

“In the last nine matches between Lukaku and Rashford they have scored one goal if I am not wrong.”

Still Mourinho was buoyed by the latest encouraging performance from his side, following the dramatic 3-2 win against Newcastle at the start of the month and last week’s draw against Chelsea.

“I think we played very well against Chelsea, especially in the second half,” he added. “The second half against Newcastle was also special and the first half against Tottenham was phenomenal. This one was complete.”

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