There was no debate about who would take the spot-kick when Luke Shaw tumbled in the box in Friday’s 2-0 win over Southampton, with Ibrahimovic quick to pick up the ball before slotting home from 12 yards for his second of goal of the match.
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Speaking to Sky Sports after the game, Pogba said that “it’s great” that on his “first debut” the team managed to get the win and he said he is “very happy for that and for the team”. Yes, I’ve scored three goals so far in the Premier League and I’m happy for that but it is only the beginning.
There is no doubt that Marouane Fellaini is one of the most disliked players by Manchester United fans.
United cruised to a comfortable victory against hard opponents in their first home match of the Premier League season, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring twice. “Because I told him just simply, ‘Forget everything you read, forget everything, with me you don’t leave for sure.’ Maybe that word of confidence – unexpected for him – maybe changed and I think the more organized the team played the easier for the players to feel confident”.
“I’m new in the team, I’m only here not even a month”. It is like a puzzle – we need to put the puzzle together and then make it work. “I think the outcome will be good”.
Mourinho also offered up words of praise for his two-goal match winning hero Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Sometimes you need players to fill in for you but I don’t see why he can’t do that.
“He was so good – everything he did individually was so good”, explained the United chief. Even giving assists to the other ones to score.
United is the eighth club of Ibrahimovic’s gilded career and he is unsure if this is his best beginning.
But all eyes were on Pogba, the world’s most expensive footballer at £89million, as he debuted for the second time with the Red Devils.
“So I need September – [Timothy] Fosu-Mensah, [Marcos] Rojo, Carrick, [Morgan] Schneiderlin, Memphis, [Marcus] Rashford, we have a big top-quality squad”. “Let me come back to you on that”, he said.
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Intriguingly, Ibrahimovic appears to have bumped captain Wayne Rooney from penalty duties. “It was decided long before, it wasn’t on the pitch”.
