Luke Shaw for playing through pain in his team's
win over Anderlecht.
Shaw, often criticised this season, played 120
minutes as United edged into the Europa League
semi-finals with a 2-1 extra-time win at Old
Trafford on Thursday.
Marcus Rashford was the hero with his 107th-
minute goal, but the win came at a price for the
hosts, who lost Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Marcos
Rojo to injuries.
Mourinho was full of praise for Rashford – who
now has 10 goals in all competitions this season –
and Shaw.
"I always trust the players with special mentality.
Always trust them. Luke Shaw did something new
today, it means a lot for me," he told a news
conference.
"After 90 minutes, before I know that I have to
change Zlatan, he had cramp, I had Ashley Young
ready to come on, and he told me I'm going to play
for 30 minutes with cramps, no problem.
"He said if you need to make a change in another
position I am ready for it.
"These kind of things make me trust the players.
There are technical aspects, but the mentality is
the reason why I kept Marcus on the team all the
time, because of that."
.@LukeShaw23 talks to #MUTV after a
hard-fought win for #MUFC ...
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— Manchester United (@ManUtd) April
20, 2017
Rashford had been goalless in the Premier League
since September before scoring in back-to-back
games earlier this month.
His match-winner sent United into the last four and
Mourinho urged his players to retain belief in their
ability to go on and win the Europa League.
"It was a difficult game, a difficult opponent, I am
tired, I imagine the players are more tired than
me," he said.
"But we are in the draw [on Friday] and we still
have the dream to win the competition."
Celta Vigo, Ajax and Lyon joined United in the
semi-finals on Thursday.
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