Ashley Young feels they didn’t do enough to pose a serious challenge to Derby County in the Carabao Cup match on Tuesday. United were humiliated by Derby as Frank Lampard’s men cruised to the next round with an 8-7 win on penalties over the Red Devils.
Mourinho decided to provide Luke Shaw with some much needed rest ahead of their crucial clash against West Ham United in the Premier League and Ashley Young took his position on the left side of the defence.
The home side got off to flying start As Juan Mata opened the account very early but two second half strikes had sunk them almost before Marouane Fellaini restored parity with an injury time equaliser.
But Phil Jones failed to convert his penalty as the Rams piled more misery on the Red Devils.
Young said, “I am not sure we have done enough in the 90 minutes to manage to win the game.
”We have managed to dig deep and show character and take it to penalties but it just wasn’t enough to win the game.“
“At 1-0 we had chances to win the match and on a different day the ball goes in the back of the net and it is a different game.
“When you play teams from the lower divisions it is always going to be tough and they had more intensity than we did. Obviously when you are playing these games you have to show that intensity and go further than the opposition but we didn’t do that and we got punished and they won the game.
“We showed that (intensity) when we started and went 1-0 ahead but you have got to build on that.
“When you don’t take your chances you get punished. Derby are a good footballing team and they showed that.
”We showed character to get ourselves back into it and take the game to penalties but it is a lottery from there.”
