TERRACE TALK: Man United - The Unlucky One? Jose Mourinho fortunate fans remain on side

I write these words from France while covering the presidential primary fight between Sarkozy, Fillon and Juppé, and am reminded of the local maxim “jamais deux sans trois” — “never two without the third”.

Stoke, Burnley and now Arsenal; all home draws that leave you scratching your head and wondering how two points got picked from your pocket.

Mourinho wailed afterwards about being The Unlucky One, which will have prompted harder-headed Reds to remind him he has only himself to blame for not determinedly closing out a match we had dominated.