{"id":450131,"date":"2017-12-26T05:15:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T05:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/burnley-can-challege-for-europe-mourinho\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T05:15:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T05:15:08","slug":"burnley-can-challege-for-europe-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/26\/burnley-can-challege-for-europe-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"Burnley can challege for Europe &#8211; Mourinho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports World News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/57181605.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mourin Ho\" title=\"Mourin Ho\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514265308_108_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Sean Dyche&#8217;s side have shown they can contend for a European place this season, according to the Manchester United manager<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Burnley can challenge for a European place this season.<\/p>\n<p>Burnley have surprised in the Premier League, sitting seventh at the halfway mark of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of welcoming Burnley to Old Trafford on Boxing Day, Mourinho praised Sean Dyche&#8217;s side, backing them to push for a European spot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If survival was the objective, I think the objective is in the pocket, it&#8217;s totally under control,&#8221; he told Sky Sports News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the objective is to finish top 10, they will do it. If the objective is to fight for European positions, they are there so they have the right to fight, so it&#8217;ll be a difficult opponent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you compare what they are doing with the initial objectives, it&#8217;s a very good season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Only Manchester City (12), Chelsea (14) and Manchester United (14) have conceded fewer league goals than Burnley (15) this season.<\/p>\n<p>Mourinho said that showed what Dyche&#8217;s side \u2013 who are winless in their past two league games and have scored just 16 league goals \u2013 were all about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They conceded three in the last one but before that, they were really amazing so they defend very, very well,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everybody knows the way they play, if you expect them to play creative beautiful football, they don&#8217;t do that.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But if you talk about direct objective, pragmatic and play with their strength, I think they are very, very good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 38 updated by: 38 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports World News of Tuesday, 26 December 2017 Source: Goal.com 2017-12-26 Manchester United boss, Jose Mourinho Sean Dyche&#8217;s side have shown they can contend for a European place this season, according to the Manchester United manager Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes Burnley can challenge for a European place this season. 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