Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho, left, during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016.
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The defeat to Watford particularly reflected how poor Pogba was, as the French midfielder being limited out of position with Rooney in the more advanced role.
Rooney needs just four goals to replace Sir Bobby Charlton as United’s record goalscorer – and Smalling does not think it will be long before he returns.
We look at the scrutiny on Wayne Rooney, but a lot of people are saying that for £90m on a central midfield player, you have to influence the game. He is my man, I trust him completely.
“I told them this in the dressing room: “Okay, we lost”. The fact they’ve won 4-1 it’s the flawless day for Jose Mourinho.
Leicester are back in action on Tuesday as Porto arrive for the club’s first-ever Champions League home match. “So we changed the team to play against Leicester, the specific qualities they have”. It is a pity because the first 20 minutes was good but now it is important to clean our minds because now we arrive in the Champions League. “I don’t know when they had for the last time such an impressive performance”.
Juan Mata fully justified his inclusion in place of Rooney when he finished off a terrific team move, which he also started, with a fine strike from inside 15 yards, doubling United’s lead.
United performed well without their captain yesterday, bouncing back to winning ways after back-to-back defeats in the league.
“There is no great disconnect between Wayne Rooney and club or manager, as there was in 2013, when Rooney sat in an executive box and watched Sir Alex Ferguson’s final Old Trafford game as Manchester United manager behind glass”. I always say one thing: It’s at the end we will see.
“It was not because I thought it was going to be an easy task”.
“We want to carry on like this”, Pogba said.
He added: “We were very focused”.
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“They’re not 100 per cent as I always think this hard moment where you really feel that you have to win the match I prefer to go with players who are 100 per cent ready by the physical point of view and mental point of view”.
