“I know the player he is, but you always have a question mark when a player comes to a new level”, Mourinho told BT Sport.
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Leicester talisman Jamie Vardy had earlier punished an error by Marouane Fellaini to cancel out FA Cup match-winner Jesse Lingard’s first-half solo goal for United, who claimed a record-extending 21st Community Shield.
Mata hit the headlines on Sunday after Mourinho brought him on as a substitute, only to bring him off again in the dying moments.
The post Daniel Amartey left out of Leicester City’s Community Shield defeat appeared first on Football Ghana. “I’m feeling confident, we have a great squad and there’s more to come from us”. He continued, “I needed to take off the smallest player because we were expecting a lot of long balls”.
“The rules allow six changes, I had made five and I wanted to stop the game”, added the Portuguese, appointed in May, after landing his first piece of silverware as United boss.
Blind says the players are raring to go ahead of the new Premier League campaign, and delivered an encouraging message to fans after the game. It was hard to leave out good players like Memphis Depay, Phil Jones and Ashley Young, but I had to make choices. “And I’m very honoured and proud to be here”. He wants to win, and he does everything to win. “I mean this is what we play for”.
They launch their league title defence at Hull City on Saturday. “We begin with a trophy”.
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“I am very pleased with our performance, we are in pre-season and we played against a big team but we deserve, minimum, to play the penalty shootout”. They were very important to be on the pitch for the “Rory Delap” throw-ins. I’m really happy for the team as well, this can kick-start our season.
