Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho believes his side were the dominant side during their 1-0 victory over Rostov in the Europa League on Thursday.

The Red Devils progressed to the next round of the European competition, following their 2-1 aggregate victory over the Russian side in their two-legged quarter-final fixtures.

United took the lead in the 70th minute when Zlatan Ibrahimovic set up Juan Mata for a simple tap-in, which proved to be the only goal of the match.

The Portuguese manager admits that he was delighted with his side’s first-half showing, but he insists that his side had a chance to put the game to bed early on, and squandered their chances in the final third.

‘In the first half we were fresh, we were not dead, and we were really dominant, and we created chances, and they did not cross the midfield line, and everything looked like we were going to score a couple of goals to kill it,’ Mourinho told the Manchester United website.

‘But they played clearly to let the game go until the period where we would be logically in some trouble from a physical point of view.

‘We left the game open, they left the game open too, and in the last part we had problems, we had injuries, we had to make changes.’

Manchester United will now travel to the Riverside Stadium when they take on Middlesbrough in the Premier League on Sunday.

Kick-off has been set for 14:00.