And Mourinho, speaking after the win over Aitor Karanka’s side, was adamant that Martial – who netted Man United’s equaliser – would remain at Old Trafford this season. As the Barcelona forward is on a winter break in Spain, Ibrahimovic can end the year as the top scorer in Europe by registering two against Middlesbrough at Old Trafford on New Year’s Eve.
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Jose Mourinho saw Anthony Martial give Manchester United fans a reminder of his mercurial talent and then told the young Frenchman: ‘Listen to me, not your agent’. The club and the board is totally with me, but as I said before, if a player is not having lots of minutes and really wants to leave, we have no right to stop him leaving if the conditions are our conditions.
Manchester United are in action against Middlesbrough, looking to extend their winning Premier League run to five in a row. I think the fans are loving the way the team plays. “They have a lot of good players, but above everything is the team”.
Boro broke the deadlock in the 66th minute as Alvaro Negredo teed up Grant Leadbitter, who volleyed into the bottom corner.
Shortly after Manchester United’s contest with Middlesborough, Jose Mourinho spoke to the BBC, and made his mixed emotions very clear.
Think you can do better than Lawro? It should be another easy victory for Manchester United. Their last defeat was a 4-1 loss at the Riverside in October 2005. Either former United player Fabio da Silva or Emilio Nsue are likely to replace Barragan at Old Trafford.
“It was fantastic, because you are losing 1-0 with 20 minutes to go, we are not afraid to lose 2-0 or 3-0, we go with everything, we go one against one at the back, we go with everything, create chances, the goalkeeper saved”. Luke Shaw is back in training but not quite ready to take his place in the starting lineup, while Eric Bailly could be involved against Middlesbrough.
Pogba appears to be finding his stride now that United, and likely will not look back on the hard opening period of his return.
When Grant Leadbitter lashed home his first Premier League goal in nearly eight years it looked as though a scarcely believable upset was on the cards but Martial and Pogba found the net in quick succession during a frantic last five minutes to seal a 2-1 triumph.
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Middlesbrough have lost three of their last four league matches.
