Ryan Giggs has said Manchester United fans must accept Jose Mourinho's defensive approach after they recorded their lowest possession statistics in a Premier League match since Opta records began.
United had just 35 percent possession in Monday's 0-0 draw at Liverpool and Giggs, who spent his entire playing career under Sir Alex Ferguson, said while working as a Sky Sports pundit that the performance was not the style he had come to expect.
When fellow Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher asked Giggs whether he would accept the tactics or be frustrated as a United fan, he said: "One hundred percent. That's something we accept at the moment.
"You know, that's the climate that we're in. You see the games coming up -- Fenerbahce, Chelsea, [Manchester] City. If you lose tonight the pressure is on, so you just don't lose -- but then you've got to go and win against Chelsea, you've got to win against Fenerbahce."
Giggs, who spent the previous two campaigns working as Louis van Gaal's assistant, added: "It's baby steps. It's about getting to the top but it all comes down to results.
"You're seeing the possession there -- 35 percent. Well, last year Louis was going a bit of stick because it was 65 percent, but you've got to win. If you're having 35 percent of the game tonight and you win, then everyone's happy. If you're getting draws continually or you're not winning, that's when the supporters aren't happy."
Asked about Ander Herrera's suggestion that United have to play with the intention of nullifying the opposition in big games, Giggs disagreed.