Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has admitted the hardest part of his job at the Red Devils so far has been bridging the gap between the potential of the squad and the lofty expectations at the club.
The Portuguese manager became the first United manager to win a trophy in his first season as a Zlatan Ibrahimovic brace secured a 3-2 victory in the League Cup final against Southampton.
Mourinho's side are still in the Europa League, challenging for the top four and in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
"The hard part is the expectation," he told the BBC, as perDaily Mail. "The club is guilty of it because of the history.
"I'm also a bit guilty of it because I'm used to to winning trophies in every club and the relationship between our true potential and the expectations we create, there is a gap and that's the most difficult thing.'
Mourinho faces his former side Chelsea in the FA Cup on Monday night and the United manager is looking forward to the encounter.
"Yeah [it's special] but probably in the opposite way to what people think. I'm not looking for revenge or anything wrong or bad.
"If you say something special, maybe one thing is to have Gary Staker (Chelsea's player liaison officer) in the tunnel before and after the match - a close friend.
"Another thing is going to Spurs and I don't know the man in the tunnel. If it's different, it's different in a positive way, not a negative way."