Mourinho admits Manchester United want to win Europa League

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Mourinho admits Manchester United want to win Europa League

Manchester United coach, Jose Mourinho, has admitted he is desperate for his team to progress into the next round of the Europa League.

The Red Devils are in Ukraine, for their last Group A match with Zorya and need a draw to seal their place in the knockout stages.

United have performed better in the Europa League, but are struggling for form in the Premier League, where they have drawn six of their last eight fixtures.

With Champions League places moving out of their reach, Mourinho is eager to remain in Europe, as the winner automatically gets a ticket to the Champions League.

“We know that it’s a crucial match for us, so if we lose the match, we can be out,” he told a media conference. “We don’t want to be out.

“Zorya are out but they have a match to play and I believe that they are going to try to win the match as well.

“It’s an important competition for us. It’s difficult because we play Thursdays and then Sundays, we’re never given a Monday match to have one more day to rest and prepare. So it’s difficult to play along with the domestic competitions.

“But we want to try to win it. We want to go to the knockouts and try to go as far as possible, step by step. The first step is a difficult one, which is to qualify from a very difficult group.”