Mourinho: We were dominant

Cape Town - Jose Mourinho says his side's result in the Europa League on Thursday matched their performance as Manchester United defeated Zorya Luhansk 2-0 in a "dominant" display at the Stadion Chornomorets.

The Red Devils claimed their placed in the knockout phase of the competition in second place in Group A, behind Fenerbahce, while Feyenoord, who lost 1-0 to the Turkish side were eliminated, along with Zorya.

A well-taken Henrikh Mkhitaryan goal three minutes into the second half ultimately broke the deadlock before Zlatan Ibrahimovic secured the result two minutes from time.

Speaking to the club's official website, a pleased Mourinho said: "We played well tonight. One thing is to play badly and get bad results, which kills confidence and is more difficult to cope with. 

"When you play well, you have to hope the results will come. The reality is nobody was better than us [in recent weeks], even though we had disappointing results. And in the players' brains, that plays a part."

The United boss praised Zorya for pushing them all the way, in a competitive match in difficult conditions.

He added: "We had the ball, we had the control, they were defensively good, they had a couple of occasions on the counter-attack and at a free-kick, but we were dominant and if you look at the numbers, we were the team to win. But yes, they were good enough to give us a difficult match.

"The pitch was better today than yesterday and was good enough to play football and we appreciate the effort that probably Chenomorets and Zorya together did to give us a good pitch to play football. There are no miracles with this cold weather so we appreciate the effort to give us a proper match."

Mourinho's men next welcome Tottenham Hotspur to Old Trafford on Sunday and will be looking to close a six-point gap between the sides in a battle for a place in next season's Champions League.

Kick off is scheduled for 16:15.