He referred to him simply as “The Kid”.
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United’a attention now switches to Saturday’s game against champions Leicester City at Old Trafford, with Mourinho looking to avoid a third successive Premier League defeat for the first time in his career.
Goalkeeper David De Gea is also reportedly set to be left out, while another new transfer Eric Bailly isn’t expected to feature in Mourinho’s defence, but no youth team players are expected to be in the squad.
The game started off relatively well for United, with Michael Carrick putting the Reds in front in the 17th minute.
Rooney saw his effort blocked, but Carrick-who had enjoyed an excellent start to proceedings-pounced on the rebound and curled his effort into the back of the net from the edge of the box.
Everton go to the south coast to face Bournemouth, who are in the bottom four but held them 3-3 in one of the most dramatic games of last season, with four goals in the last 10 minutes. “He has come in here and he’s getting quicker and stronger”. By half-time, United was really hanging on.
Mourinho waited only 10 minutes in the second half before turning to the bench, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Rashford replacing Fosu-Mensah and Depay.
As Northampton retreated once more at the sight of United’s extra forward threat, there was more space in which Carrick and Ander Herrera could take command in midfield. As the keeper hesitated at the sight of a bouncing ball just outside his area, Rashford stole in and walked the ball home.
Gary Neville has hit out at an alleged “leak” within the Manchester United dressing room following reports about Jose Mourinho’s management style.
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But a home defeat to likely title rivals Manchester City on September 10 preceded disappointing performances and losses to Feyenoord in the Europa League and Watford in the Premier League prompted a host of negative headlines about the club.
