Zlatan Ibrahimovic struck twice and Paul Pogba, the world’s most expensive player, shone on his return as Manchester United beat Southampton 2-0 on Friday to make it two wins from two Premier League games.
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Former Southampton defender Luke Shaw was fouled inside the penalty area by a clumsy Jordy Clasie, who made a poor challenge on the United left-back – giving referee Anthony Taylor no other choice but to point to the spot.
“It’s great. I’m very happy for the team”, Pogba told Sky Sports. “We need to get used to winning”.
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Anthony Martial missed a chance to pick out Ibrahimovic for his hat-trick, but Jose Mourinho’s men closed out the match easily in his first league home game.
For Ibrahimovic, who named Man of the Match, it was four goals in three games.
Pogba showed his family value on Friday evening as he sent birthday wishes to his older brothers just hours before his second United debut.
“I have so many good players”, Mourinho said.
Mourinho had called for United fans to find their voice in his first home game in charge, and his team certainly gave them something to shout about with their assured display.
“He’s very good in the air but he’s very good with his feet”, said Mourinho. We’re becoming better and better.
“It was a great moment for me to touch the pitch, to come back here and I feel great”.
A picture of Pogba in a red United shirt adorned the front of the match-day programme for the Southampton game.
“I’m very happy. I know we can not play 90 minutes the way we want to”. I am very happy for the team.
The game inaugurated the debut of newly signed Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s first home game with his new club.
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“I’m hurting by some decisions to leave some players out”. I hope to carry on like this, getting better and better. We get to know the philosophy of the coach also, which I’m used to from before. “The most important thing for us is to play football”, he said.
