Caretaker boss Mike Phelan has had to work with 13 fit senior players following a summer of turmoil at the KCOM Stadium. Before he scored the victor at Hull he had already forced an excellent save from Eldin Jakupovic and delivered an inviting ball across goal that only just evaded Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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“I played against him last season and came out on top, although it’s all-square overall in terms of the outcome when we play each other”, explained Keane. Wayne Rooney’s moment of magic for Marcus Rashford’s victor is an example of this.
Having retired from playing for Sweden after Euro 2016, the player will not have any worldwide duty next weekend, but United manager Mourinho still wants to protect him further.
“He gives new problems to the opposition so I am really happy with him and the team”.
“I have to analyse”.
The Portuguese, however, said he was pleased with the way the whole team played defensively in the second half of the match.
While United’s victory extended their 100 per cent winning start to the campaign ahead of next month’s derby against Manchester City at Old Trafford, Hull dropped points for the first time this season under Phelan.
“I have two weeks before the next match, I have to analyse the opponents and see the way my boys are coming back from the global games”, Mourinho said.
“Hopefully we can settle all those issues we’ve got in front of us”.
Heartbreak would be exactly the right word I would use to describe Hull City’s defeat against Manchester United – but you can not question the Tigers’ efforts.
Hull are also set to complete a £3.5m deal for Cardiff goalkeeper David Marshall.
“But the only important thing is that we go there and play well to pick up a result”.
“If we are going to be competitive at this level we definitely need a squad of players that can come off the bench and start for us”.
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Bamford had an unsuccessful stint with Norwich last season, making just seven appearances.
