Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho cut a moody and dissatisfied figure after Sunday's 1-1 draw at Everton despite declaring complete satisfaction with his side's form.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's finessed finish, a first-touch lob from long range, looked to have sealed the points at Goodison Park until Leighton Baines buried an 89th-minute penalty conceded by substitute Marouane Fellaini.
A sixth draw since the start of October leaves United 13 points off Premier League pace-setters Chelsea but Mourinho, in a brief and testy post-match press conference, adopted an incredulous tone over the result.
"Another game with a very good performance in a very difficult place to play," was his verdict.
"We are playing very well at home, super-dominant. We are playing very well away with some amazing performances from (Phil) Jones and (Marcos) Rojo, and not getting the results we deserve. When you play bad you can try to play well. When you play well there is nothing more you can do.
"This is what we are doing for a long, long, long time, playing well, better than our opponents. Getting draws but deserving victories so our opponents are leaving the stadium super-happy with the point they don't deserve and we are leaving the stadium feeling we deserve more."
Mourinho claimed not to have seen either the penalty incident or a dangerous two-footed lunge from Rojo on Idrissa Gueye that might easily have earned a red card.
He did, though, offer a somewhat sniffy critique of the Toffees and seemed to suggest sides under his stewardship are given a rough ride by the media.
Asked why Fellaini had been summoned from the bench, the Portuguese said: "Everton is not a passing team any more like they were in the past. Everton is a team that plays direct: goalkeeper direct, Ashley Williams direct, Funes Mori direct. Everything direct.
"When you have on the bench a player with two metres (in height) you play the player in front of the defensive line to help the team to win the match."
He later added: "When my teams are playing pragmatic football and winning matches and winning titles you say that is not nice and right," he said.
"Then my team play very well - and is a huge change to the last two or three years (at United) - now you say what matters is to get the result no matter what.
"In this moment we have teams getting results that defend with 11, kick ball and attack the space on the counter-attack...it is phenomenal, it's beautiful."
Everton boss Ronald Koeman has overseen just one win in nine now but the manner of the comeback gave him cause for optimism.
"We can fight back, we showed that today," he said.
"We did not deserve to lose the game and we showed that fighting spirit in the second half.
"We showed commitment and quality."
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