“I tell the boys every day we have to go into every match to win”.
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YES, IT CAME against a depleted Hull side with a fraction of the resources that the Red Devils enjoy, but the symbolic significance of United’s win this evening bodes well for the remainder of the season. The next match for United is at home on September 10 against Manchester City, whom the striker scored the victor against in a 1-0 triumph the last time the clubs met on March 20.
We knew that [Tom] Huddlestone would play in a line of three and we knew they would be very organised.
“I have to credit Hull…their players can not do more than they did”.
“Every last-minute victor, no matter who it is against, who the opponents are, what stage of the game it’s at, what stage of the season it’s in, it’s an important goal so I was very happy”. I don’t know. I have to analyse.
Impressive early season form, along with Hull’s still remarkable lack of alternatives, saw both teams start the match unchanged and the hosts had to clear early danger when Zlatan Ibrahimovic ingeniously brought down an Antonio Valencia cross that appeared to be sailing beyond him. “To keep a clean sheet is very important to increase our confidence in the work we are doing”. “We are starting matches with a second man behind Zlatan, (but) we can start some matches with the player in front of Zlatan, so the kid is going to play a lot of matches for sure”.
“However, with six points after three games, I think we would have taken that before it all started”.
Manchester United showed the mettle of old when they broke through Hull City’s spirited resistance in stoppage time for a win at the KCOM Stadium.
The Portuguese said: “It’s not the match-winner that makes me change my mind”.
Marcus Rashford added zip and invention to Manchester United’s staid attack.
“I’m just getting on with it, working hard in training and just working for moments like this”. But I think they did fantastically well, congratulations to them and if I was the chairman I would give the job immediately to Mike Phelan.
The United boss confirmed that Marouane Fellaini picked up a serious injury during Saturday’s late 1-0 victory over Hull.
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Arindam is ESPN FC’s Manchester United correspondent.
