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Jones: We’re all behind Jose
- Updated: December 2, 2016
Manchester United’s players are all fighting for manager Jose Mourinho as he looks to turn around the club’s fortunes, according to defender Phil Jones.
United travel to Everton on Nissan Super Sunday lying sixth in the table having made their worst start to a Premier League season.
However, United will arrive at Goodison Park full of confidence having not lost in the league since going down 4-0 at Chelsea on October 23, a recent upturn in form which Jones has credited to the “passionate” Portuguese.
“He is great, passionate, honest and his passion rubs off on the players and you can see that out on the pitch,” he said in an exclusive interview with Soccer Saturday.
“All the players fight for him and it is a great feeling at the moment. He is what he is and that is why he is great. Like he is with you, he is like that with us.
“That is all you can ask, for a manager to be honest and tell you how things are. If you need telling, you need telling and he has done that for every player and you can see that out on the pitch.
“He has brought a resilience, he wants to defend properly, but he also wants to attack in a free-flowing way. And I think you can see that at the moment, the chances are coming and we just need to put them away.
“Those draws against …