“The Premier League has more physicality, more aggression”.
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Rooney, who now has 39 nine continental goals, has been under heavy scrutiny recently, due to his late night shenanigans when on England duty.
“I know who Miki is, I see it every day in training, so hopefully he showed everybody who he is and has the confidence to keep on doing that”, Ibrahimovic was quoted as saying by The Mirror.
“We should appreciate him for the player he is, what he did”.
Rooney added: “It’s a great feeling to score goals and to score goals for this club”.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan also stood out upon his return to the starting eleven, however, given it was his first game in over two months, I think it would be a big ask for him to start again on Sunday.
Rooney teed up Juan Mata for United’s second goal in the 69th minute and after an own goal by Jones, substitute Jesse Lingard sealed victory in stoppage time.
The third goal came by when United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovich’s cross clipped the inside of Feyenoord goalkeepr Brad Jones’ heel from close distance.
“You can say it’s still early days, but we have to start picking up the points”.
The hosts continued to push for a victor and Lingard thought he had snatched all three points as he converted after Mkhitaryan’s effort struck the post, only for the assistant’s flag to deny him.
Asked about Rooney, Mourinho said: “It’s an fantastic achievement”.
“It is not the biggest competition obviously, but let’s try, let’s push”.
United need to draw against Zorya in Odessa in a fortnight’s time to qualify for the knockout stages. “It’s always hard [to win the Europa League], but let’s try and qualify”. We’re pleased we got four goals. They looked very positive going forward, as the attractive link-up play between their attackers was on full display.
It’s never a bad thing to have too much talent for a manager, but as players, each team member is fighting for their role in the side.
“I think he [manager Jose Mourinho] wants to win it, just like the players”.
Beaten manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst said: “After 70 minutes, you could see the difference in quality”. Always improving, improving, improving, improving. We know that we were buying a player with a high level of technical quality, very intelligent, very bright, the way he reads the game.
The Armenian had made just one start prior to last night and has been struggling to even get into the team since his move to Manchester United in the summer.
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United started the second-half in the same vein and increased the attacking tempo as the match went along.
