José Mourinho has told Paul Pogba to forget his world-record £92.5m transfer fee after the Frenchman continued his anonymous form for Manchester United.
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The in-form Etienne Capoue struck his fourth goal in six games to put the hosts ahead at Vicarage Road and although Marcus Rashford levelled on 62 minutes with United’s first shot on target, Camilo Zuniga came off the bench and scored nearly immediately before a late Troy Deeney penalty secured a memorable 3-1 win for the Hornets – their first victory over United since 1986.
Mourinho also made eight changes to the starting team that was largely outclassed by City five days earlier, resting Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw, and Antonio Valencia completely, and starting Zlatan Ibrahimovic on the bench.
“I know the situation is not a case of clicking your fingers and everything is ideal”.
“The only thing I can say is that I am a team player”.
Watford striker Odion Ighalo live on BT Sport said: “No time is a good time to play United!”
“When you lose matches, there are no miracles in terms of the players’ soul”.
“In the second half they looked a little bit stronger than us, but we are very happy to win”.
Despite having the stated ambition of winning the Premier League title in his first season in charge, he has repeatedly said it will take time for his players to get used to his methods and to change their mindset after two years of risk-averse football under Van Gaal.
“It should belong to them and that is what I expect from them – that on Sunday we will try to win the match normal”.
“First of all I have players that are not here, I have players that didn’t play here for 90 minutes, so it’s not a problem of accumulation”. I must give a huge compliment to the team for the fight that we had up to the last minute.
“The second half was when they increased intensity and that was when they conceded the goal”.
“In the second half we were much better, we get the draw (level), Gomes makes a phenomenal save and the lucky moment is something we can not control”. We have to be there and we have to work, but they have to show themselves a certain attitude towards the negative moments. I know we play at midday on Sunday and it is now 9 pm on Thursday.
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“They were 2-0 down as well, so to come back and win 4-2, away as well – everyone knows how hard it is to play against West Ham – I am sure they will be in good spirits ahead of the game on Sunday”.
