Gordon OUTSTANDING, Newcastle on a DIFFERENT LEVEL! Jose Mourinho | Newcastle 3-0 Benfica

Jose Mourinho hails the ‘outstanding’ performance of Anthony Gordon and Newcastle’s attacking players after their dominant victory over his Benfica team at St. James’ Park in the Champions League. TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 0:01 This game tells me about the level of Newcastle. There was a fantastic atmosphere in this stadium and it’s difficult to create chances against a team of this physicality. I think for the first half the result didn’t reflect the performance. We conceded a goal we shouldn’t have conceded in the second half. When we conceded this goal that’s when the differences between one team and another stand out. They have four very quick wingers and when you change the two, we lost the compact game we had in the first half and then we were exposed. Elanga, Barnes, Gordon all those players that they have we could only compete with them if we were so organised. After their second goal psychologically it’s a killer. It was genuinely tough the last part of the game. 3:45 Was the game difficult for someone coming into the pitch? We didn’t have a RB to come on, I brought Ivanovic in to the game to find depth. I wasn’t able to convince myself that a change would’ve improved the team. I think it was quite unfair losing 3-0 in the last 15 minutes. It’s unfair to put them on at this scoreline. 5:25 Are you concerned about the 3 UCL losses? You don’t have the same levels of intensity and speed as Newcastle. Are you worried? For me to talk about the squad is difficult, I prefer to be coherent with what I said When I played against Benfica what I said honestly is to replace responsibility on my team. There was a player that I really liked but we don’t have him here at the moment but that had to happen. The way that my previous club got involved in the situation with Qedem had to happen. In terms of the balance of the squad, We really miss Manú. There are no two coaches the same. There won’t be any criticism for any coach that Benfica had. 9:55 ,Trubin looked like he was the best o