Jose Mourinho admits Man United didn't have the "Formula 1" engine to match Borussia Dortmund

Henrikh Mkhitaryan grabbed the only goal for the Red Devils as he scored against his former club

Jose Mourinho admitted Manchester United were left in Borussia Dortmund's slipstream after an embarrassing 4-1 pre-season friendly defeat.
Mourinho said the defeat was like “Formula One against Formula Three”, with Dortmund nearly two weeks ahead of United in terms of their pre-season preparation.
United were sluggish in the searing 105F heat and stifling humidity of the Shanghai Stadium, beaten by a Dortmund team who Mourinho admitted were better in every respect.
“At the moment the engines are completely different,” said Mourinho.
“It's Formula One against Formula Three.

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"After 10 minutes we knew that one team started training 10 days ago and had played one match, and the other started one month ago and had already played four games.
“It was so easy to see the difference in intensity and sharpness. For us it was very difficult.
“I don’t think I can analyse them [United's players] with this difference of power.
“At the moment they [Dortmund] are much sharper and you can see that easily, so it’s difficult to judge my players.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho looks dejected after defeat

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho talks with Juan Mata

“The mentality, personality and attitude is there. It’s easy for me.
“But we have had 10 days of work, people are really tired and the match is against high quality opposition who are in a much more advanced stage of their preparation.
“It would be unfair to make any kind of decision [based on the defeat].

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Borussia Dortmund's Sven Bender in action with Manchester United's Jesse Lingard

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“But day by day they start winning my trust and start winning their positions in the squad and in the team.
“But the reality is that even in this situation we have six players that stayed in Europe, plus Chris Smalling and Wayne Rooney – we're speaking about 8 players not yet involved.
“Obviously there are some players here who are not going to stay in the squad, so the squad will be different than we are in this moment.”
Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored United's goal, with England sensation Marcus Rashford coming on for the second-half, after Mourinho had initially claimed he would not play on tour.

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Borussia Dortmund's Gonzalo Castro celebrates scoring their first goal with teammates as Manchester United's Antonio Valencia and Jesse Lingard look dejected

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Borussia Dortmund's Gonzalo Castro celebrates scoring their first goal with Ousmane Dembele and Shinji Kagawa

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Eric Bailly of Manchester United in action during the pre-season friendly match between Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund at Shanghai Stadium on July 22, 2016 in Shanghai, China.

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Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan in action with Borussia Dortmund's Sven Bender

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Manager Jose Mourinho of Manchester United watches from the touchline during the pre-season friendly match between Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund at Shanghai Stadium on July 22, 2016 in Shanghai, China.