The 34-year-old scored on Sunday, helping the Red Devils to an impressive 3-1 victory away against Bournemouth on the opening weekend of the Premier League.
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Liverpool, looking likely at one point to be even more comfortable winners at Arsenal, eventually came through 4-3. “It’s important to start [well]”.
Fellaini reserved praised for this summer’s new signings at Old Trafford, especially Ibrahimovic and Eric Bailly.
The Portuguese manager said that Ibrahimovic is always surrounded by his young team-mates like Marcus Rashford and Luke Shaw at his table for breakfast and meals, Sport24 reported. “It’s incredible how this man never won the Golden Ball”.
“It was a hard game”.
Pogba was serving a one-match suspension and the manager must now decide whether to play him in United’s first home game, against Southampton, when the Premier League introduces Friday night football. “But it was important to start good”.
“It’s not easy. Everything is new for me, the team-mates, club, environment, the new stadiums but slowly I get settled in”, he said.
“In August it can be frustrating for players not in the team because it’s one game a week”.
“But whoever scores helps the team”.
Fellaini hopes to see “more goals” this season from United, and acknowledges that the team have to “keep working and keep improving” with every game and each training session. That would be a step up from last season, which is fine.
Pogba is desperate to make his first appearance since joining United from Juventus in a world record deal costing more than £100m. Adam Smith later scored Bournemouth’s consolation goal.
Mourinho said: “With Fellaini I always have the feeling that he was not loved by the general Red people. After that we start finding our spaces to play and in the second half I think it was a very complete performance”.
Bournemouth were also United’s opponents when they concluded a frustrating league campaign last season by the same victory margin.
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However, the France global is set to line up in United’s starting eleven against Southampton on Friday and Mourinho is looking forward to giving game time to all his squad when the cup games start in September.
