It's a year today since Jose Mourinho won against a major football team. That was a 2-0 win over Arsenal when the Special One was manager at Chelsea. Three months later Mourinho was sacked. Yesterday there was more torture for Mourinho. His new club, Manchester United, suffered their first defeat in 30 years against Watford. It was their third defeat in eight days, following setbacks against Manchester City in the derby and Feyenoord last week in the Europa Cup.Watford, playing at Vicarage Road, won 3-1.United were rocked by Etienne Capoue's first-half goal andalthough Marcus Rashford equalised after the break, United capitulated in the closing stages.Juan Camilo Zuniga restored Watford's lead before Troy Deeney's penalty condemned Mourinho to a third consecutive defeat for the first time since he was in charge at Porto in 2002.It was the first time United lost three in a row since the unlamented Louis van Gaal presided over four successive defeats in December.United are lagging six points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City and the feelgood factor following the three wins that marked the start of the Mourinho era has been completely erased.Afterwards Mourinho instinctively did what he has always guarded against: he blamed his players. He said they needed to cope better when decisions went against them. It smacked of the accusations of betrayal that Mourinho accused his players of in his final defeat at Chelsea, against the eventual champions Leicester City.Mourinho did what Mourinho always does in a bad situation: defend the brand of Jose - that reputation hard-won going back to his days coaching the youth teams at Setubal and those years when he was just someone else's assistant.After the defeat to City he said he took responsibility but at the same time suggested that the game was too big for some of his players .Blaming others has developed into his greatest weakness. It wrecked his last months at Chelsea and he fought it as best he could after the Feyenoord defeat . Even so, his triple substitution on 63 minutes was one of those classic Mourinho gestures - reckless, some might say - meant to tell his players and the world that he was displeased.Big clubs lose big games, and big managers move on to the next big match. Yet Mourinho got caught on the hook of his oldest insecurities and instinctively launched a case to clear his name. He should know that it does more harm than good.Yesterday's other English Premier League results: Southampton 1, Swansea 0; Crystal Palace 4, Stoke City 1; Spurs 1 Sunderland 0. ..