Manchester, Dec 3: Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that the English Premier League (EPL) title is still far away but his team is working in the right direction to achieve it.
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Mourinho, who is back from a one-match suspension for kicking a water bottle in frustration during the 1-1 draw with West Ham United last weekend, said his objective was to win the league in his first season.
"In that case, all it needs is a little touch, just a fingerprint from the new man and you can get a lot from what was already there," Mourinho said.
"Here we are trying to do something completely different. We could probably get better results if we weren't trying to go in an opposite direction.
"I am not talking about tactical systems here. I am talking about the way this team wants to play and that is the most difficult thing in football to change," he added.
Mourinho reckoned that van Gaal was too defensive in style, with too much sideways and backwards passing rather than looking forward to attack between the lines.
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