Paul Pogba is Manchester United’s best midfielder since the famous five of 1999.
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Ibrahimovic was on a hat-trick after scoring a goal either side of half-time and could have scored his third of the night had Pogba opted to pick out his teammate; however, the Frenchman shot wide of the target. The biggest change in the Jose Mourinho era might be the fact that the fans are singing and cheering their team on again after three years of tiresome, dreary football.
“I was relaxed, no nerves, I played my game”.
A source said: ‘You can never rule anything in or out but they are expecting Pogba to be the last new arrival in the window. It is important what the guys think about me, that is the most important thing.
“Because as a manager I am really young, and I think I have the best years of my career to come up”, Mourinho was quoted as saying by Sky Sports on Thursday. “We need to put the puzzle together and then work on it”.
The French worldwide, who missed the season-opening win at Bournemouth last week through suspension, dribbled with strength and combined well with Ibrahimovic and Rooney.
There didn’t seem any hesitation when Ibrahimovic took the ball and placed it on the spot, and Mourinho confirmed after the match that the striker had replaced Rooney as United’s first-choice penalty-taker. You get this image of him that he’s arrogant and everything looks easy but he doesn’t play at the top for his amount of time without being a professional and without doing things right.
The 23-year-old was given a starting berth alongside Marouane Fellaini and recovered from a nervous first touch where he gave the ball away to set up a Southampton counter-attack. I was relaxed, didn’t have nerves and played my game.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has one incredible record when it comes to debuts.
Southampton had won 1-0 on their two previous visits to Old Trafford but they rarely threatened the United goal and their seven-match Premier League unbeaten run came to an end as Claude Puel continues to await his first win.
“It’s a great feeling, I’m very happy”, he added.
While it’s hard to gauge exactly how good Manchester United are till they face one of the bigger boys, their total dominance over Southampton, a team that beat them last season at Old Trafford, suggests that there’s some truth to the credence to the view celebrating the dawn of a new era.
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“I told him just simply “forget everything you read, forget everything, with me you don’t leave for sure”.
