Jose Mourinho insisted Blackburn gave Manchester United a run for their money
Danny Graham had given Championship side Blackburn the lead early.
But Marcus Rashford levelled before Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck to give United a 2-1 win over the Championship side.
And Mourinho insisted Blackburn put up a real good fight.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic got the winner for Manchester United
"Did they give us a good game? More than good, they gave us a hard game and congratulations to them," Mourinho said.
"Their approach was brave, strong.
"They had real competitors and if we didn't have the right attitude from everybody we would be in real trouble.
"For long periods of the game you couldn't feel which one was the strongest team, they were brilliant.
"If they transfer this quality to the Championship they will have a big chance to survive.
"We conceded a brilliant goal. it was a brilliant goal. The movement and shot was really good, it didn't affect any player individually for us. We kept stable and we then scored a great goal.
"Southampton is sleeping, is eating and resting and working for the League Cup final and we have had to play three tough games.
"It is so much more difficult for us, but for good reasons."
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