“I understand completely but I’m sure that with the team going back home (against Premier League champions Leicester City on Saturday) they will be behind the team like they always are”.
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Next up for United in the fourth round are local rivals Manchester City, where Mourinho and Pep Guardiola will renew their rivalry for the second time this season. “We can show again what we want to do”, Herrera – who scored his first goal of the season against Northampton – told MUTV.
The France midfielder was the jewel in United’s youth ranks during Nani’s time at the club and the Portuguese expressed surprise over his decision to rejoin following reported interest from Real Madrid.
Shaw was singled out for his positioning as Camilo Zuniga reestablished Watford’s lead – something the England left-back is understood to be irritated about, especially given the manager had indicated such comments about individuals would be kept in-house.
Wayne Rooney looked reinvigorated in the early games and was getting into forward positions but at Watford he was neither attacking nor defensive midfield.
“It was probably the strongest bench I’ve ever seen in my career and when you see the likes of them warming up to come up you do sort of take a gasp”.
Rooney now finds his place under threat and, while I’d normally pick him, he has got to do a job like everyone else.
“They have some good players and of course you need time for everybody, but unluckily in football, time is not what you have every time”.
“It’s hard to adjust – new manager, some new players”, the Uruguayan said in a phone interview from Dubai on Tuesday, where Mumbai were preparing for the third Indian Super League season.
Unfortunately, beating the Cobblers doesn’t prove quite as much as a derby victory over City would have, so it’s no surprise that Mourinho still wasn’t in the best of moods after the game. I can’t recall any of my managers singling players out in public, and only very rarely in the dressing room. Normally it’s easier against 10 men and we should have been playing against 10 men early in the second half, but they fought, they played with their strength.
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“A lot of clubs wanted him, there were rumours that other clubs would get him”.
