“I told you that I wanted to play for the title because this is the approach that Manchester United demands”.
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United scored four times in the space of 20 first-half minutes to justify Mourinho’s decision to omit his under-performing skipper, with the ex-Chelsea manager claiming that it was a ‘normal decision’ to leave him out.
Paul Pogba scored his first goal for United and looked a class apart in midfield, where he was paired with Ander Herrera, who endured a hard season under Louis van Gaal but impressed Mourinho.
Manchester United earned the three points with an easy 4-1 win over Leicester City at Old Trafford on Saturday.
Mourinho said: “I think the last thing that the team achieve is consistency. I’m happy when we do that”, he said. We had a good dynamic defensively, and we were very strong against an opponent who are easy to analyse, but hard to cope with.
Demerai Gray – who replaced Mahrez – pulled one back for the Foxes with a sensational strike, however United continued to dominate the visitors to ensure all three points in the bag.
“If he has to stay at home, he stays at home, but that doesn’t mean that you don’t trust him or you have a problem (with him)”.
“As a team we try to get the ball into the box for someone to put it in the back of the net. I think it was a really good performance”.
Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho insists his team are still adjusting to his style following the departure of Louis Van Gaal. Today, against a team like Leicester, we thought that the solution for us was to play with the two fast kids and with [Juan] Mata in a position where he could interact.
Rooney has come under scrutiny of late for a series of disappointing performances and was limited to a second-half cameo as the Red Devils produced arguably their most accomplished performance of the season against the Premier League champions.
“Good game team let’s keep it up!”
Free-scoring Liverpool won a third straight English Premier League game by thrashing 10-man Hull 5-1, with James Milner converting two penalties and its effervescent midfield contributing the other goals.
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“I think we started well for the first time I can say [this], because normally our second halves are better than the first”.
