Jose Mourinho frustrated by United's lack of focus

Manchester United have dropped points against Brighton and Wolves, with Jose Mourinho becoming increasingly frustrated with his side's lack of consistency. 

Defeat to Derby County in the EFL Cup has added further reason for Mourinho to question his squad's motivation and focus. 

"First of all, if you want to be pragmatic, if you want to be analysing what sport is and what sport can be, Real Madrid lost 3-0, Barcelona lost five points in two matches, AC Milan drew against Empoli, a newly-promoted team,' the United manager told the 'Daily Mail'.

"It looks like in football it is getting shorter and shorter and shorter the distance between the big clubs and the other clubs. That, for me, is an obvious situation.

"But, you know, I sometimes feel frustrated because the work we do and what we give to the process, I'm always expecting more.

"Especially I'm expecting more in terms of stability in the process and it looks like when we feel that we are really improving and playing better and having a good run of results, it looks like there is always a little going down in terms of the focus or the motivation.

"That I feel. That's why when I come to you, you never see me speaking like 'I don't know what is going to happen tomorrow'. I expect to win tomorrow, I expect to play very well tomorrow.

Manchester United play West Ham on Saturday.