Jose Mourinho explains why Manchester United struggled to play attacking football last season

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has come up with a plan to get Manchester United playing more attacking football. The Portuguese confess his side played defensively minded last season and reveals it has had a knock on effect to the players further up the pitch. "Because the approach was much more defensive (last season) and with a much more defensive approach you can hide better your weaknesses," Mourinho said following United's 2-1 win over Bournemouth. "So when the team is really defensive and you have a more defensive mind then you base the work on that. "Then the team doesn’t develop enough in other areas, but the team managed to get results based on that. "I’m trying to find a balance where we develop the team in the second and first phase of attack and we develop the talented players that we have without losing the balance. When we are in control we have no problems, when the opponent is in control I think the team has problems."

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