Jose Mourinho feels Manchester United have missed an opportunity
to open up a decisive lead over Chelsea.
With Petr Cech, Arjen Robben and John Terry among those on the
Chelsea injury list, Mourinho's side have dropped points against
Reading, Fulham and Aston Villa over the festive period.
Chelsea are now six points adrift at the top going into the second
half of the season, but Mourinho is confident his side can come
back and believes United should have done better.
United lost to West Ham before Christmas and were held to a
surprise 2-2 draw against Newcastle on New Year's day, and Mourinho
is thankful that they have not opened up a gap of more than ten
points.
He explained: "Considering the problems Chelsea have had,
Manchester United should be 10, 12, 14 points clear of us.
"I am happy to be six points behind. Six points is nothing.
"In previous seasons, we have gone 11, 12 points clear and killed
things off by Christmas. In my opinion, Manchester United did not
take advantage of our bad moments. They could have done
better.
"They didn't take their opportunity on Monday when they drew at
Newcastle. Manchester United have dropped five points at West Ham
and Newcastle recently and the gap could have been bigger.
"Now we look forward to the second half of the season when we
should have some people back pretty quickly.
"John Terry should be available for the next Premiership game with
Wigan and Petr Cech and Arjen Robben for the game after that (at
Liverpool)."
