Pat Nevin feels that there are signs of all not being well at Manchester United under Jose Mourinho and feels the manager needs to address the Wayne Rooney issue.
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Having spent £145 million ($190 million) on new signings during the recent transfer window, many believed Mourinho had assembled a team capable of winning the Premier League after the club’s disappointing fifth-place finish in the 2015-16 season.
The sight of Jose Mourinho snapping at Manchester United’s press officer on the way to meeting the written media following the 3-1 defeat at Watford exposed the obvious tension he is already feeling just a few months into his reign at Old Trafford.
“But they won’t win the league”.
Juan Mata says Manchester United’s players do not have time to mourn their surprise defeat to Watford and has called for a reaction against Northampton Town and Leicester City.
Mourinho said of Shaw: “With the first Man City goal and this second goal today, you can find an incredible similarity”.
“I knew that because the first Man City goal and this second goal you can find an incredible similarity – which is [Aleksandar] Kolarov has the ball in a hard situation in the corner and my players instead of “go up and press” they decide to give space”.
However, it is not just the short-term run of results that will be a concern for United fans.
And Zuniga says that Mazzarri has instilled in his players the belief they should not be anxious by the names or cost of the opposition and focus on playing their own game.
This amounts to 24 points from his last 22 league games. United trail Premier League pacesetters City by six points following their 3-1 loss at Vicarage Road on Sunday and play just two more league fixtures before the next worldwide fortnight.Once that is over, United face back-to-back trips to Liverpool and Jose Mourinho’s former club Chelsea in what appears to be an onerous October.
“We played with tempo and we need to start doing that from the first minute”.
The Reds travel to Northampton in the EFL Cup on Wednesday before hosting champions Leicester on Saturday and Pogba posted a message to United supporters on his social media accounts.
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But if United were to lose on Wednesday, the knives could really be out for Mourinho.
