Mourinho revealed he was trying to change the mentality of the players away from the Dutchman’s structure and more towards his play style, it looks like the players are also feeling the changes in tactics. Only one I can compare with is Milan. I mean this is what we play for.
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“But I think he played very well. He gave me exactly what I needed at that time”. Leicester included? No, we don’t ask from ourselves to win the Premier League again, not at all.
Ibrahimovic was the match-winner at Wembley on Sunday, his header with seven minutes remaining lifting United past Premier League champions Leicester City.
The Portuguese tactician replaced Louis van Gaal earlier this summer and has gone onto make major revisions to the United squad.
Mourinho dedicated the win to his predecessor Louis van Gaal, among others. He won the FA Cup to allow us to be here today.
Jamie Vardy equalised for the Premier League champions in the 52nd but it was United and Mourinho who had the last laugh with Ibrahimovic’s victor.
“My ambition is a stupid ambition”, Mourinho said. I won’t tell you; ‘yes we are looking [for new players]’, but if something good for us happens, then okay, why not?
“But our desire to do well and work and improve (is our biggest strength). We are a team and they understand that”.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic insists he will only get better for Manchester United this season after scoring the victor in Sunday’s Community Shield.
“It feels good”, he said.
Mourinho said after the game that his decision was purely tactical, that he substituted Mata because Leicester were bombarding United’s goal with aerial balls, and he wanted a taller presence for the final few minutes.
He added of the match: “It was a hard game, we played against a good team, the champions from last season, and you can see it’s a very strong team”. They did this and I’m very pleased.
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“Something big is going on with our team”.
