“So I don’t think they should need a defeat, or in this case, two defeats, to try to give everything they have to give”. United’s roster is deep, and the jury remains out on numerous players within it; could the Europa League act as the ideal stage for these men to demonstrate their worth?
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“I am here not to let them be in a negative mood or in a negative because we lost two matches in four days”.
“I know the situation is not a case of clicking your fingers and everything is flawless”.
“I think the game on Sunday will be an independent game”.
They meet for the first time in English football tomorrow but Mazzarri, now in charge of Watford, will not reignite his rivalry with the Manchester United boss during their reunion.
“It starts minute zero at 0-0 so I think it has nothing to do with the previous two matches”.
While Feyenoord basked in the warm glow of a memorable win and two former Liverpool players, Brad Jones and Dirk Kuyt, celebrated as hard as anyone while “You’ll Never Walk Alone” reverberated around the ground, Mourinho trudged to the tunnel, pausing only to hold a hand out to the 1,200 United fans who had made the trip to Rotterdam, nearly in apology at the limp nature of his team’s performance.
Speaking to Full Time Devils, as you can see in the above video, one fan at De Kuip said the £90million signing “was missing” during the first group game.
An insider said: “There are players not happy about the lack of game time and even players who are starting games feel they are playing out of position and not doing themselves justice”.
They have played 58 games without him in all competitions in that period, winning 28 (48 percent of games.) The forward made his United debut in 2004, with the most prolific season being in 2011-12 as he struck 34 goals in 43 appearances in all competitions. We felt like they were collapsing a bit physically, they were in trouble and it was that moment in which we lost the game.
The Sun do seem to have a valid point: Ibrahimovic will turn 35 in a couple of weeks, has played more minutes than Rooney, and was yet chosen in the squad to face Feyenoord. We were double unlucky because its a clear offside..
“We are both coaches that want our teams to perform in best possible way and would do anything for that to happen”.
Not for the first time since his world-record move to United, France midfielder Pogba was a subdued figure and he shot tamely over early in the second half.
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“Obviously some played better than others but I have to understand that some of these players haven’t played week after week like the other boys”.
