Jose Mourinho praised Newcastle for “fighting like animals” to secure a “beautiful” Premier League victory over his Manchester United team as his winless run on Tyneside continued. Jose Mourinho praised Newcastle for “fighting like animals” to secure a “beautiful” Premier League victory over his Manchester United team as his winless run on Tyneside continued. Mourinho told Sky Sports: “They fought like animals – and animal is a good word in football and I hope they take it as a compliment. He said: “It was really a great game against a very good team, as top side which everybody knows how good they are. Today it was Manchester United, hopefully it will be the same against Bournemouth.”Press Association

Source: Irish Independent February 11, 2018 18:11 UTC