Penalties looked likely in London as the match petered out for a draw after Jamie Vardy pounced on Marouane Fellaini’s attempted back pass to equalise seven minutes into the second half, cancelling out Jesse Lingard’s stunning solo effort in the 32nd minute.
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Victory was all that mattered to the Portuguese coach, who hopes to soon be welcoming Pogba to Old Trafford after United announced earlier Sunday that the Juventus midfielder was set for a medical examination. “I’m feeling confident, we have a great squad and there’s more to come from us”.
The Portuguese said: “Zlatan will be more unsafe when we are more dominant and play closer to the box”.
United start their campaigns in both the Capital One Cup and the Europa League in September, giving manager Mourinho the chance to use more of his players.
Mourinho admitted that it was “difficult” to leave out “good players like Memphis Depay, Phil Jones and Ashley Young”, but he says he “had to make choices”, before concluding that he told those players that “we are a team and they understand that”.
“Even arriving in crossing positions, the team normally plays back again and tries to change to the other side”.
“We are trying to change”.
Within minutes Ibrahimovic had punished his wastefulness, soaring above Morgan to meet Valencia’s cross with a downward header that hit the left-hand post and bounced into the goal. “It wasn’t. It’s always important to start with a trophy”.
“It feels good”, he said.
“This is my 31st trophy”. “I’ve been here a couple of weeks and I get to win my first trophy with United”.
“Something big is going on with our team”, Ibrahimovic said, before walking with his teammates up the Wembley steps to lift the shield to explosions of ticker-tape.
We honestly can’t begin to imagine what Mourinho has against the man. The team is fantastic.
“I need to take off the smallest player because we were expecting a lot of long balls”. I have to confess because it is an impossible ambition.
Leicester city will begin the defense of their Premier League title against newly promoted and now manager-less – Hull on Saturday and the Black Stars defender Amartey, will have to fight on to secure a place back in the team.
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“Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri was “very pleased” with the champions” performance, despite the defeat.
