Jose Mourinho says his inexperienced Manchester United players are growing after they hit back to beat Juventus 2-1 in the Champions League.
The Old Lady had defeated United at Old Trafford a fortnight ago and appeared to be on track for another three points when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brilliant 65th-minute volley.
United still trailed with less than five minutes left but Juan Mata's free-kick made it 1-1 before a goalmouth scramble resulted in Alex Sandro scoring an own goal.
Mourinho said afterwards: "They [Juventus] can't hide the fact they want to win the Champions League, they don't even try to. They are designed to do that.
"But we are growing and have lots of players that are inexperienced. They have seven titles and now with Ronaldo they want to win the Champions League.
"They are stronger than us, with great qualities and a golden bench, but they realised the match wasn't easy. In my opinion we played a match which deserved an equaliser, but we went on to win.
"It is a hard group stage and even with a victory in a stadium where it isn't easy to win, we might need more than three points [to advance]."
Manchester United are 33/1 to win the Champions League this season while Juve are 11/2. Meanwhile, Mourinho's team can be backed at 7/1 to beat Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend.
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Jose Mourinho says his inexperienced Manchester United players are growing after they hit back to beat Juventus 2-1 in the Champions League.
The Old Lady had defeated United at Old Trafford a fortnight ago and appeared to be on track for another three points when Cristiano Ronaldo scored a brilliant 65th-minute volley.
United still trailed with less than five minutes left but Juan Mata's free-kick made it 1-1 before a goalmouth scramble resulted in Alex Sandro scoring an own goal.
Mourinho said afterwards: "They [Juventus] can't hide the fact they want to win the Champions League, they don't even try to. They are designed to do that.
"But we are growing and have lots of players that are inexperienced. They have seven titles and now with Ronaldo they want to win the Champions League.
"They are stronger than us, with great qualities and a golden bench, but they realised the match wasn't easy. In my opinion we played a match which deserved an equaliser, but we went on to win.
"It is a hard group stage and even with a victory in a stadium where it isn't easy to win, we might need more than three points [to advance]."
Manchester United are 33/1 to win the Champions League this season while Juve are 11/2. Meanwhile, Mourinho's team can be backed at 7/1 to beat Manchester City in the Premier League this weekend.
Source: bet365.com