Manchester United were put in a dreadful first-half display with Kenedy and Yoshinori putting Rafa Benitez’s side 2-0 up by break.
However, after the break things have changes into better as there was a rather interesting conversation between Mourinho and United dressing room.
United came out with fresh impetus and produced a remarkable performance with goals from Juan Mata, Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez to secure a famous 3-2 win at Old Trafford.
In his post-match interview Mourinho has revealed the details of their talk at the interval.
He told BT Sport: ‘At half-time we had a good conversation.
‘We didn’t promise each other we would win the match, we promised we’d give everytihng with no fear – they gave everything, I don’t think we were lucky, we fought for the match. ‘Even if it ended 2-2 we would leave with a positive feeling. Nobody can promise to win matches but a professional should promise to give everything and they did.’
He added on MUTV: ‘I think at half-time we opened our hearts. We spoke two minutes about the tactical changes we were going to make, and we spoke eight minutes about other things that I thought let the players a little more free to face the second half.