United held at home despite “best performance all season”

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MANCHESTER: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said his side could have scored six goals after their “best performance all season” saw them being held to a 1-1 draw by Stoke City at Old Trafford on Sunday.

It looked as if substitute Anthony Martial’s 69th-minute goal secured all three points for United against a Stoke side that started the day at bottom of the table.

But a mistake by the United keeper, David de Gea, led to Joe Allen’s equaliser eight minutes from time, the point gained saw Stoke leapfrog Sunderland.

United wasted numerous chances, with world-record signing Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic among the offenders as Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant, on loan from Derby, made several fine saves to keep Stoke in the match.

“This is the best performance all season and could have been one of these fat results in the Premier League, it could have been 5-0 or 6-0,” Mourinho told BT Sport.

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