Does whether it's better or worse matter? If it's worse (which is subjective anyway) is that then a given that we sack Mourhino? If we do sack him, what's there to stop us being in a similar position this time in 18 months or 2 years when we reach another nadir?! This same post happened under LvG, i.e. "is it worse than under Moyes?".
Whether I'm a Mourinho in or Mourinho out person, fact is he gets a hard time. Robbie Savage on 5 straight after the game, I listened walking from the ground & he was hysterical. Apparently they had more shots on goal (false), we were uninspired and workmanlike (which is progress if you consider last few games!). He was going on about the manager. Any fair assessment would say it was an improved performance on the last couple. We had shape and some zip about us, an improvement. But typical of the treatment of us / Mourinho. There's never credit for what we may do, it's just focus on what we're not doing. You could view yesterday's better performance, with injuries, against an in-form Arsenal as positive. But no, in the face of the choice of say something nuanced and possibly positive, it reverts to "United are 8th!", "United are behind Bournemouth!", "I'd never say sack a manager, but ..." etc.... I know Sav is a grade A tw*t, but there's a them across the media. He was saying "they've signed people over the summer", but previously there was criticism because we didn't sign anybody, that was how they were framing our failure back in Sept!