“I was telling them at half-time that on Wednesday on the training ground they were most intense than on the pitch in the first half today”, he explained.
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The celebrations that ensued afterwards was unforgettable and Shaw shared his excitement and emotions afterwards, declaring that he had never experienced a moment like it during a match.
Mourinho said: “Of course, you need a little bit of luck to score in the end but I think we should clearly have scored the goal before. They were waiting to give everything and we are playing different football now”.
“We’ve had a little joke about it”, he said.
But even after his heroic Rashford won’t be guaranteed his first competitive start under Mourinho for their next match against Manchester City on September 10 – despite scoring the victor against them last time under Louis van Gaal. If you don’t trust him or want him to play, you buy other strikers.
In his pre-match news conference on Friday, Mourinho was quick to state that Rashford will get chances to play across all competitions this season. “As players, we could see how much the result meant to the fans, and the fans could see how much it meant to us and the whole club”. If we don’t win, we don’t win, but the mentality is there and the boys are giving everything.
Rashford, who burst onto the scene last season under previous boss Louis van Gaal, would have thanked elder statesman Rooney for his victor.
“Well, I have the youngest player ever to score a goal in a Champions League final”, he said, as quoted by ESPN. We were very strong and tried to create problems for the opposition.
Leicester and Arsenal, the top two teams last season, racked up their first wins on the third attempts, and their star attackers were back on the scoresheet. Mike Phelan was a big factor in the move.
One of Manchester United’s talented youngsters made history under Jose Mourinho after scoring the victor against Hull on the weekend.
“I’m 23 now, so I wanted to come here on a permanent transfer and get settled”, he told his new club’s official website. Winning in the added time always leaves a special taste; however, next time we will try to close the game earlier.
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Hull’s capture of Scotland goalkeeper David Marshall from Cardiff for a £5million fee is also expected to be confirmed on Tuesday.
