Jose Mourinho has dedicated Manchester United's 1-0 win against Tottenham on Sunday to his midfielder Marouane Fellaini.
The Belgium international was booed by home
fans as he warmed up on the touchlines on Sunday after he conceded a
late penalty against Everton last weekend to see the game drawn.
Fellaini
made another late appearance at Old Trafford on Sunday and his boss
attributed the victory to him after getting a hard time from the crowd,
who were also subject to praise from Mourinho.
"I want to dedicate this victory to Fellaini because he deserves it," he told Sky Sports.
"In the last match, it was him that was involved in the loss of two
points, and that's why I want to make it clear he is an important player
for me.
"The fans can do what they want and they have been phenomenal with
us. I just have to thank them for everything they are giving us,
especially in the period where we are not giving them too much so I am
really happy with them."
Henrikh Mkhitaryan helped United to pick up their first Premier League victory since September 24 as he fired home just before the half-hour mark with Mourinho pleased to finally secure a much-needed three points.
"These three points are magic especially because it is against a very good team which means even more for us," he added.
"That's
why I didn't change the team from Everton for this match because the
team are playing well. The players are playing well so normally we have
to get bad results but now we go away to Crystal Palace, away to West
Brom to difficult opponents again and we know life is not easy.
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| Fellaini conceded a late penalty against Everton last weekend |
"We are happy with the evolution of the team and we are pleased with
what they are doing. We played very well again against a very good team
so it was more difficult and we played very well.
"Everybody was feeling like it could be more of the same and again, we had more opportunities to score the second goal.
"We are
always at risk because teams are good with good players, good managers
and they try to change the team and the game and they have ammunition on
the bench to do that, so it was obviously heart in our hands but the
players gave absolutely everything.
"We don't deserve to spend the last 10/15 minutes with our heart in
our hands because we did enough to score the second goal and kill the
game, but once more, the post, Hugo Lloris and just 1-0 but it is more
than 1-0, for us it is magic because we needed these three points."
There was also plenty of praise for Mkhitaryan - who was also stretchered off in the 85th minute after picking up an ankle injury - and his manager believes other players should be following his lead.
"He has crossed the line to be a better player than he was. He was a
very talented player, but now he has crossed that line that other
players have to cross," the United manager said.
"I want more
from some of my attacking players. The two moments of recovering the
ball and losing possession are two crucial moments in football today and
Mkhitaryan is super at that. Other players need to improve."
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