Fellaini completed the entire match as substitute Marcus Rashford gave United a stoppage-time 1-0 win at Hull City to maintain their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season under Mourinho.
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Marcus Rashford’s 92nd minute victor continued Mourinho’s flawless start to the Premier League season, with the manner of their victory reminiscent of the kind of wins that used to be secured by Alex Ferguson’s all-conquering United teams. Due to the Red Devils’ lack of quality strikers at the time, an 18-year-old Marcus Rashford became the club’s first choice until the end of the season.
“Marcus Rashford has a lot of chances waiting for him”, Mourinho said after the youngster came on for Juan Mata in the 71st minute to make the difference.
Leicester got back to winning ways after Jamie Vardy’s trademark strike and Wes Morgan’s second-half goal downed Swansea 2-1 at a rain swept King Power Stadium.
“United now have a two-week break due to the worldwide fixtures and Mourinho says whether Rashford starts the next game will depend on who returns fit”.
Hull caretaker boss Mike Phelan is expecting a frantic few days before the transfer window shuts on Wednesday.
“But for me, from a selfish point of view, thinking just about me and the evolution of my player, I prefer him to play matches with the U21s”.
“He has a ideal head for an 18-year-old kid, very stable, not on the moon”.
Fellaini’s actions assured no injury was inflicted on the woman wearing a bright pink hoodie, however the same can not be said of other United supporters who celebrated wildly at Rashford’s goal, with at least one fan hospitalized following a leg break during the frenzy. We’re still gelling as a team and improving in training to get to know how each other play.
The win takes United up to second in the Premier League on nine points, level with Mourinho’s former club Chelsea. ‘You are not going to drop another player when they are doing well.
“I’m at that age where I want to be playing as many games as possible”.
I tell the boys every day we have to go into every match to win.
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“I think, emotion-wise, that was the best I’ve felt ever on a pitch”, Shaw added. Everybody is speaking about him and Ibra [Zlatan Ibrahimovic] – they can play together as they showed today.
