United ended a three-game losing streak as they beat Northampton Town 3-1 in the EFL Cup to set out a fourth-round tie against Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City.
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“But in the second half, we did the job and we finished the game off”.
City, having won their first five league games under Guardiola to top the table, visit Swansea City for the second time in four days, after Guardiola’s side won 2-1 in a League Cup tie yesterday.
“But we fought, they played with their strength and they tried to cause us problems, which they did sometimes, so a hard match but overall a positive performance”.
“It’s a risky situation”.
“I think he was fine”. I am speaking a situation that could happen and what could have been an important injury.
“I think it’s good for us”, Herrera told MUTV. Mourinho gave many fringe players a chance to show what they can do with Timothy Fosu-Mensah being singled out early in the match by disgruntled supporters if you could call them that. People need to calm down over the squad changes.
However, after Wednesday night’s EFL Cup win over Northampton, the former Chelsea boss was happy and believes the level of the criticism of his team has been unnecessary.
Jose Mourinho has hit back at the people who criticised him during Manchester United‘s recent run of three straight defeats.
That’s right, the Citizens will repeat the local derby against Manchester United from two weeks ago, once again at Old Trafford, with the match taking place in the week of October 24.
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In the end the decision made little impact on the result, with Ander Herrera restoring United’s lead with a thumping 68th-minute effort that Marcus Rashford added to following an embarrassing moment for goalkeeper Adam Smith. “When you come to play these types of games [against Northampton], it is not easy for us but the we controlled the game completely in the second half and we are very happy”.
