Mourinho admits Manchester United players are low on confidence after Europa League setback

Jose Mourinho admitted Manchester United's confidence is at rock-bottom after they slumped to a second straight defeat. 

The Red devils produced an abject display to lose their Europa League opener , the first time in United's history they have lost four away games in Europe. 

And Mourinho , whose side went into the game on the back of defeat to Manchester City in the derby, conceded he has a huge task to pick his players up for Sunday's Premier League clash at Watford. 

"When you lose matches, there are no miracles in terms of the players' soul,” said Mourinho. 

“You win matches, people are happy and full of confidence. You lose matches and people are sad and feel it. 

“Obviously, when you lose matches, the mood is not the same, that's normal. 

“That's the normal nature of football players, but I'm here not to let them be in a negative mood or in a negative period because we lost two matches in four days. 

“I know we play midday on Sunday and in his moment it's 9pm on Thursday, but we are professionals, let's not make an excuse for Sunday because we have to play this game. 

“The players are professional, they have to be fit and they have to be mentally strong to play again. “I think in the first-half we didn't have an especially ambitious attitude. 

"I'm not saying bad, but now with the ambition you need to win football matches. 

“You can say I changed eight players. Okay, I changed eight players, but I played with a good team and enough good players to win the match.”