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Jose Mourinho has criticised pitch conditions amid chaotic scenes in Beijing ahead of Mondays International Champions Cup clash against Manchester City, and stated his only objective was to get his Manchester United players home healthy. The United manager held an impromptu briefing with some members of the press on the side of the stadium pitch on Sunday after the initial news gathering inside the conference room at the National Stadium was cancelled due to soaring temperatures. My only objective is to take the players home safe and without injury. These are no conditions to play a good game of football. Jose Mourinho on Mondays Beijing friendly Hours earlier, City boss Pep Guardiola was handed a towel as temperatures reached unbearable levels inside the Olympic Sports Centre during his press briefing. The incident capped a chaotic 24 hours for United after half the first-team squad were re-routed on their flight from Shanghai to Nanjing airport 160 miles away from Beijing due to adverse weather in the Chinese capital. International Champions Cup on Sky Whos playing when and where and how to watch Further torrential downpours are forecast over the next 24 hours and Mourinho claims the condition of the pitch at the Birds Nest - which organisers believe will be fine for the game - have caused him to re-evaluate his priorities ahead of Mondays meeting with City (kick-off 12.30pm BST).Mourinho said: I think Beijing is unlucky because the pitch is very bad. The condition of my players is more important than the results in pre-season. Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says city rivals United will be a better team this season under Jose Mourinho My only objective is to take the players home safe and without injury. These are no conditions to play a good game of football.If it was a friendly, it becomes a double friendly now. No injuries, play calm, play safe, go home and keep the preparation for next week. I hope our players and Citys players can go home without injury. Pep: I will shake Joses hand Pep Guardiola insists he will shake Jose Mourinhos hand on Monday Manchester City have been doing all they can to make sure the game goes ahead as planned. For the past 10 days, their deputy head groundsman has been in Beijing working - at Citys expense - with the ground staff at the Birds Nest Stadium.Mourinho also voiced his displeasure at having the travel plans of half his squad disrupted.We were supposed to fly with two different planes, with half of us in one plane and half in the other, added Mourinho.The ones in the first plane were lucky because we landed safely and were in the hotel to have dinner. Highlights of Uniteds 4-1 defeat to Borussia Dortmund in the International Champions Cup on Friday The second group was unlucky. The plane was not good. They had to make an unscheduled landing for a couple of hours, and then they arrived in the hotel to have dinner at one oclock in the morning.After a 4-1 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Friday, and now the difficult weather conditions in Beijing, Uniteds trip to China has not been ideal preparation for the upcoming Premier League campaign.Mourinho admitted he cannot wait to get back to Manchester and begin training with his full complement of players. Jose Mourinho helped launch Manchester Uniteds new home kit for the 2016/17 season during their tour to China Manchester City have all of their players. We have six, seven or eight, which played in the Euros, he said.What I want is to get back to Manchester and train with the full group.Asked why the club has come to China for pre-season, Mourinho added: Its good for the fans and for the commercial side of things.We have a good group, we have a good spirit and we cope with it. Monday is the last day and then it is over. Follow Man Utd v Man City on Monday on skysports.com and Sky Sports mobile and iPad apps, with highlights available to watch across Sky Sports from midnight. Also See: Pogba not worth ￡86m - Scholes Pep: I will shake Joses hand Jose: Our goal is the title ICC guide - whos playing when? Damon Severson Jersey . -- Masahiro Tanaka knows that first appearance in a spring training game for the New York Yankees will be scrutinized. Sami Vatanen Jersey . The second-ranked Jayhawks will play the Miners of Texas-El Paso at Imperial Arena in the Bahamas. 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Daley had a goal and an assist, Kari Lehtonen recorded his fifth shutout of the season, and the Stars clinched their first playoff berth since 2008 with a 3-0 victory against the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. "Im having trouble smiling, and I just cant stop smiling right now," said Daley, who took 20 stitches after a loss to Columbus on Wednesday. "Weve been battling hard for a long time. Its just kind of like a little bit of a relief." The Stars missed the post-season a franchise-record five straight seasons after never going more than one without a playoff trip since moving to Dallas in 1993. The longest previous drought was three seasons in Minnesota in the early 1970s. St. Louis, outshot 40-22, dropped its fifth straight game for the first time since February of last year. The playoff-bound Blues also had their hopes of being the top seed in the Western Conference dashed. "They played a very fast game ... very desperate," Blues defenceman Kevin Shattenkirk said. "They played to get into the playoffs and they really showed it, and we need to get more of that into our game, as well." Daley, the only holdover from the team that lost to Detroit in the Western Conference finals six years ago, and Lehtonen were on the ice three years ago for a season-ending loss at Minnesota when Dallas just needed to win to move on. Dallas victory eliminated Phoenix in the race for the Wests final playoff spot and kept the Stars from having to worry about a potential win-or-go-home game at the Coyotes on Sunday. "Im old enough that I dont think about those kinds of things too much," Lehtonen said. "Not too much was needed from me. Our guys outshot them two to one and put the pucks in the net, so that made it a lot easier for me." Daley put Dallas up 1-0 when he stole the puck during a series of St. Louis turnovers and raced ahead of everyone before beating Ryan Miller on the glove side early in the second period. Tyler Seguins team-lleading 37th goal came on the power play 10 seconds after the Blues Dmitrij Jaskin was called for hooking.dddddddddddd Daley sent a pass to Jamie Benn, who zipped his second assist through the crease to an open Seguin for an easy shot past Miller. After Ryan Garbutt tipped in Alex Goligoskis shot from the point in the third period of the home finale, the last 15 minutes were basically a celebration for the sellout crowd that included a fan with a No. 99 jersey that read "Stanley" -- a reference to the franchises only Stanley Cup title in 1999 when the hockey playoffs were a rite of spring in North Texas. St. Louis didnt get a power play until the third period and couldnt convert on two chances with the man advantage in the final 12 minutes. After the Stars killed the last one, the crowd stood and cheered for the final two minutes, counting down the last few seconds. "I thought the atmosphere was just playoff-like," said Lindy Ruff, the former Buffalo coach brought in by first-year general manager Jim Nill, who got quite a present for his 56th birthday. "The energy, after the third goal went in, its like everybody else took a breath too, We got some breathing room; Order me another beer!" The Blues knew T.J. Oshie would be sidelined after he took a hit to the head that resulted in a four-game suspension for Minnesotas Mike Rupp. They also missed former Stars captain Brenden Morrow, who injured his foot in practice before the Wild game, and Vladimir Sobotka and Derek Roy, who got hurt during that game. St. Louis lost centre Patrik Berglund to an apparent arm injury in the third period against the Stars. NOTES: Taylor Lipsett, a Dallas-area resident who won a 2014 Paralympic gold medal with the U.S. in Sochi, was honoured before the game. ... The Stars signed popular broadcasters Ralph Strangis and Daryl Reaugh to contract extensions. 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