Mourinho Has A Few Words Concerning Fellaini And Lukaku Injuries

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has disagreed with various suggestions that the injury concerns surrounding Romelu Lukaku and Maroune Fellaini will have a bearing on Saturday's trip to Anfield. Lukaku struggled with an ankle injury heading into the International break and missed the game against Bosnia on Saturday.

The 24-year-old however made a second half cameo appearance in the final qualifying game on Tuesday evening and managed to get on the scoresheet as Belgium ran out 4-0 winners against Cyprus.

Mourinho took a sly dig at Belgium as he told Sky Sports "It's a very important match for them (Belgium) , they need the match to qualify so I just wait". C'mon Jose we all know Belgium qualified a month ago.

Mourinho said of Lukaku's injury concern "if he doesn't play, I will play another one". While Lukaku has a decent chance of featuring against Liverpool, Fellaini will surely miss the encounter at Anfield but Mourinho believes the club cannot use injuries as an excuse.

"we don't cry over injuries, we may cry about the process that leads to the injuries, we just trust the players that are going to help."

The red devils manager claims no game is more important than the other and his preparations will not change because of the trip to Liverpool.

"It is good to prepare without any added pressure or emotion, I have to act in a professional way, there are not any matches that are more important than the others.

It would not be the right example to my players to prepare for Liverpool in a different way to say Huddersfield."