Jose Mourinho hit the headlines with his jibes about Chelsea being a very defensive team but the Manchester United manager has been quietly turning his own side into a force to be reckoned with at the back.
The Red Devils 3-0 victory over Saint-Etienne in the Europa League marked the first time the club has won three consecutive European matches without conceding a goal since November 2010, when Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge.
Chelsea s impenetrable rearguard might have caught Mourinho s attention lately, but United are performing brilliantly at the back by the Portuguese s own standards, becoming the first of his teams to keep five consecutive clean sheets since he achieved that feat with Real Madrid in 2011.
Goalkeeper Sergio Romero has been a key player in United s solid displays in Europe: the 29-year-old has recorded six successive shutouts and has not conceded a goal for the club since Northampton Town s Alex Revell scored a penalty in September 2016.
0 Man Utd won three consecutive European games without conceding for the first time since Nov 2010 under Sir Alex Ferguson. Advantage.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe)
