“Forget the passport, forget 34 years old: the body and mentality is not of a 34-year-old guy”, Mourinho said. Adam Smith later scored Bournemouth’s consolation goal.
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A rampant Liverpool came from behind to beat Arsenal 4-3 at Emirates Stadium, ripping Wenger’s young defense to pieces with consummate ease in the second half.
“His table for breakfast, for meals, he’s surrounded by the kids”.
Liverpool’s fluent passing and clinical finishing in the second half was simply too hot for Arsenal to handle.
‘But, if he plays like he’s playing now, they have to love him because he’s being so important for us, ‘ he added. Luke Shaw, Marcus Rashford – these are the guys with him. The first goal gave us the confidence, we were looking for more and playing very fluent.
“He knows what he can be for them as well as what he does with his performances”.
“In August it can be frustrating for players not in the team, because it’s one game a week”.
Signed by David Moyes and used regularly by Louis van Gaal, Fellaini became the scapegoat for the frustrated Manchester United fans to vent their frustration having seen the prestige of the Premier League’s most successful club slip away in recent seasons. “You have to sometimes accept that you can not control absolutely everything”.
“So on Friday in the first home match which can bring some pressure we will go with a good feeling”.
“Paul Pogba is very good, he’s a phenomenal player. So we deserved to win”.
Many of United’s young players have been spending time with Ibrahimovic to pick his brains and Mourinho even invoked the name of United legend Eric Cantona when asked about the Swede’s ability to lift the level of his team-mates with his swaggering style and vast experience.
“We didn’t need to make a statement”, he added.
“Everybody knows we are going to fight for the title, whether we win or not win is a different story”.
“Of course we are bitterly disappointed”, said the Frenchman, who will mark his 20th year in charge next month.
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“If at some point it is not mathematically possible then we will think of the top four and that will be one step ahead of last season”.
