Jose Mourinho keen to continue love affair with EFL Cup

Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United will not be distracted by this weekend’s clash with Liverpool and their top-four quest as he bids to maintain his impressive EFL Cup record by reaching Wembley.

United entertain Hull in the first leg of the semi-final tonight and Mourinho has vowed to recall the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba for a competition which he has always placed importance on.

It was the first trophy he won in England as Chelsea boss back in 2005 and, with subsequent triumphs in 2007 and 2015 in his two spells with the Blues, Mourinho has remarkably never lost a game inside 90 minutes in the competition — exiting on penalties to Charlton in the 2005-06 season, in extra-time to Sunderland in December 2013 and again on penalties, this time to Stoke, last season.