Manchester United midfielder Ander Herrera has thrown his full support behind coach Jose Mourinho and said criticism that he is prone to play defensively against the big clubs does not "reflect the truth."
United drew 0-0 at Liverpool last month, a result that led to some questioning of Mourinho's defensive-minded tactics, and then lost 1-0 at Chelsea on Nov. 5. But on Saturday, as Paul Pogba returned from a hamstring injury, they beat Newcastle 4-1, leading Herrera to tell BeINSPORTS they are being unfairly judged.
He said: "If you look at Manchester United's statistics, until three weeks ago, we had scored the same number of goals as Manchester City had and we were the second-highest goalscoring team in the league.