Their attack looks sharper than last season’s, with the addition of Zlatan Ibrahimovic paying dividend already.
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The 28-year old has largely cast a divisive figure at Old Trafford since joining the club in 2013, representing the struggles the club have faced since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.
Despite playing in a midfield holding role, Pogba got forward well, making a total of four attempts at goal, and Mourinho said that he was determined to give the 23-year-old the freedom to play his natural game.
“He likes him a lot, and thinks that he is a very good player and useful to the team and the squad”.
But with Mourinho now in charge at Old Trafford the “Special One” is slowly reinstating United’s DNA with an impressive winning start to the new campaign.
‘The supporters are awesome and I have this feeling in every game that I’ve played that they are the 12th player on the field. I agree we are not playing superb but I think anyone can see there are differences in relation to the past two or three years.
Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool enjoyed the most eye-catching result of the Premier League’s opening weekend when they won 4-3 at Arsenal.
The 34-year-old Swede has an even more phenomenal winning record than his manager, finishing on top of the league for 13 of the 15 seasons he’s played overseas, for seven big clubs; Ajax, Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona and Paris St Germain.
United lost their way under Dutchman van Gaal who drove fans insane with his boring style and so-called “philosophy” before being sacked in May. “The most important thing for us is to play football”, he said.
Last season Rooney, United’s second top scorer of all time with 246, would have been first choice to take the shot but he was happy to allow the club’s new number nine to assume the responsibility.
“For me, if the goal is early or late, it’s the same thing – in the end it’s the three points that counts”.
Recall that Manchester United finally signed Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba in a deal worth over £100m ($131m).
The French midfielder recorded the most touches (103) among any Manchester United player. He will score goals in different circumstances.
‘Who scores is less important, as long as we are winning.
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Southampton were not played off the park at the Theatre of Dreams, and arguably should have scored at least one goal after creating a number of decent breaks.
