In the second half, Fellaini’s early header made it 3-0, and United were happy to stand off and preserve their energy going into the global break at the very least joint-top of the league.
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‘Marouane is just the fact I think he has important qualities and I try to use these qualities depending of the situation, depending of the team’s needs.
“I see them win duels, they are so quick on the counter-attack, they have already convinced they can do it in that way”. “We don’t think he’ll be able to train for six weeks”.
Manchester United put in a dominant performance to beat a awful Crystal Palace 4-0, who have lost all seven Premier League games this season without scoring.
Roy Hodgson admits Crystal Palace do not have many options in the final third but refuses to “cry about it” following his side’s 4-0 defeat to Manchester United.
Manchester United routed Crystal Palace with a convincing 4-0 victory leaving players, fans and manager all delighted as the pressure fell on Manchester City to deliver vs Chelsea.
Jose Mourinho on Marouane Fellaini after Man United 4 – Crystal Palace 0 ” He’s a fighter!”
“I was thinking in the latter stages of the game that probably Lukaku doesn’t score in this game and I was thinking he [already] had a good performance and a good contribution for us”.
Mourinho made five changes to a team that had only arrived home from Russian Federation in the early hours of Thursday morning following their midweek Champions League victory over CSKA Moscow.
“We’re like a boxer being knocked down by superior fighters”, former England manager Hodgson told the BBC. Maybe when Zaha comes back fit, that might give us a bit more potency’.
What I’m saying is that from all the injuries we had, I hope that I can have some players available for tomorrow.
“He works hard, he rests, he has a great professional life outside the football pitch and he has great ambition”.
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Mourinho also admits he was anxious about playing Palace following United’s Champions League trip to CSKA Moscow on Wednesday.
