Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has insisted that his side deserve to be second in the Premier League table after their performances this season.
United moved back above Liverpool with a win over Swansea City on Saturday, courtesy of goals from Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.
Mourinho told reporters that criticism against his team is unfair, adding that United are better than their top-four rivals due to the points difference between the sides.
"Manchester City is not important for me," the Portuguese said. "What is important for me is that since the moment we left first position and went to second, we stayed there for the whole of the season.
"We deserved to be second, in spite of what you can say, the criticisms you make. You all say the third, fourth, fifth, sixth [placed teams] are better than us, but they're not, because we have more points than them.
"We're going to fight every match. I think we have 10 more points than last season, something like that. We have more goals scored, less goals conceded, we finished sixth last season, so we're going to try to finish second, so the season is not as bad as you try to make it out to be."
United face City at the Ethihad next weekend, with Pep Guardiola's team guaranteed the title with victory over Mourinho.
