Rotterdam : Dutch football side Feyenoord shocked Manchester United 1-0 while Italian giants Inter Milan also succumbed to a surprise 0-2 loss against Israel’s Hapoel Beer Sheva in the Europa League.
It was United’s second loss in less than a week after getting beaten 1-2 by fierce local rivals Man City in the English Premier League.
Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Trindade de Vilhena scored the winner in the Group A match, side-footing the ball past United goalkeeper David de Gea in the 79th minute here on Thursday.
United played without first-team regulars Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw and Antonio Valencia but brought on star striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic in search of the equaliser but were left frustrated.
“Some of the players were playing their first minutes of the season. Obviously some played better than others,” Mourinho said.
“I don’t want to personalise it. I cannot judge them only on one game. “We were pushing and Feyenoord capitalised because it is exactly at that moment where we lose the game. We were double unlucky because it’s a clear offside.”
In Milan, Miguel Vitor’s 54th minute strike and a 69th-minute free-kick from Maor Bar Buzaglo helped Hapoel beat Inter at the San Siro stadium in a Group K match.
It was Inter’s new coach Frank De Boer’s fourth match in charge, of which he has now won just one.
Southampton went to the top of Group K after two first-half goals from Charlie Austin and a Jay Rodriguez strike provided a 3-0 win.
An unnamed Manchester United player was trapped in Rotterdam after United’s 0-1 loss to Dutch side as he struggled to provide his urine sample for doping tests.
The footballer was unable to give his urine sample on time and was late for his flight back to Manchester until the local police intervened to give him a lift on his way to the airport.
The player almost missed the flight back to Manchester after being held up by doping control authorities after the game, according to a report in goal.com on Friday.
He arrived just in time to board the plane, after being given a lift by a police officer on a motorcycle.
“End of service,” the Rotterdam officer tweeted on Thursday. “One player from Manchester United narrowly put on the plane. He could not pee at doping control.”
