Thanks to the millions of pounds that Sky TV spent on the new Premier League contract, United play their second league game on Friday the 19th (8pm UK time). You can only play the teams in front of you on your schedule, and United have taken care of business against two teams that will be mid table at best, but most likely lower than mid table.
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One area where there is no room for improvement is Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Friday night saw the Swede in top form again, scoring twice to help the Red Devils see off a strong Southampton side easily and giving the club’s millions of supporters hope that this season may well be the one where their club mounts a challenge for the Premier League title once again. When I came to Juventus I was a young guy.
“I was just thinking of a player enjoying himself and trying things and expressing himself and as the game went on”.
“I feel I am becoming better with every day that goes by”.
Ibrahimovic, 34, has made an impressive start to life at United, scoring on his debut in a friendly against Galatasaray, heading the winning goal in the Community Shield and adding three goals in the opening two league games against Bournemouth and Southampton. The clubs will probably not care so much either as the money they’re making from TV will help shut them up. “But we need to work hard for it and we will do everything to bother all the other teams that want to win. Sometimes you need players to fill in for you but I don’t see why he can’t do that”.
The closest they came was a disallowed effort from Dusan Tadic, but Irish striker Shane Long also missed a couple of presentable chances.
“They have a manager who knows how to win the Premier League”.
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It is early days, but you can not in any way slate the start of Ibrahimovic’s Manchester United career – the club lacked an out-and-out goal scorer and he is seemingly the clubs answer.
