Mourinho pleased with improvement despite loss

Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho was happy with his side’s second-half display despite surrendering a lead to lose 3-2 against Barcelona in the first leg of the Spanish Supercopa.

Mourinho went ahead through Cristiano Ronaldo’s powerful 55th-minute header, but then looked almost out of the tie when three goals in 21 minutes from Pedro, Lionel Messi and Xavi put the hosts 3-1 in front.