Mourinho recently said Ibrahimovic was a “gift” for Rashford and last month suggested the Swede and England global could strike up an “amazing” partnership.
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He said, per the Independent: “Marcus will play a lot”. The Community Shield with the score at 1-1 and today when the score was 0-0 he came on and gave a special contribution.
Mourinho’s view was echoed by United and England captain Wayne Rooney, whose pass to Rashford at the Kcom Stadium led to the forward’s 92nd minute goal.
Both sides tried to find their range early on as Hull’s Robert Snodgrass sent a free kick wide of David De Gea’s goal in the 24th minute while Eldin Jakupovic made a low save from Mata’s set piece for United, the first of a series of fine stops. “I didn’t think we were going to get the goal”. If the opposition score, we make sure we always score more, even if it finishes 6-5. “I think, emotion-wise, that was the best I’ve felt ever on a pitch. We kept pushing and luckily Marcus was in the right position at the right time and got us the win”. Here, we look at five reasons that illustrate why the Reds boss has already made a very positive mark in M16, with fascinating insights from the man himself.
“Frustrating. Disappointing. Just that lack of concentration at the end against a quality team lost us the game”, said Phelan.
Rashford’s goal arrived in what used to be known as “Fergie time”, yet this latest win suggests the mantle of United manager has finally be handed to s suitable successor.
I tell the boys every day we have to go into every match to win. We know we will draw or lose matches, but the mentality has to be that we have got to win.
Fellaini himself though appears to have picked up a back injury which could rule him out of the Manchester derby in two weeks time.
The Tigers vice-chairman Ehab Allam revealed in his programme notes that this could be the club’s last game with the Allam family as owners and he hoped a takeover deal with a Chinese consortium would be completed during the worldwide break. “There seems to be not just one group, but two groups interested”.
“My future will be decided after the transfer deadline”.
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“Credit to my players tonight, they performed heroically”. I feel for them. If you don’t trust him or want him to play, you buy other strikers.
