Defeats to Manchester City and Watford in the Premier League and Feyenoord in the Europa League had soured what was a promising start to the season for the Portuguese.
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Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Sky Bet League One Northampton Town in the third round of the EFL Cup ended that sequence.
“I’d like to see Henrikh Mkhitaryan play because he was so good at Borussia Dortmund”, Wright told BBC Radio Five Live.
“The team was in control from the beginning and the substitutions were just a contribution but overall the team was completely in control”.
When introducing both Rashford and Ibrahimovic off the bench, Mourinho moved Rooney to a right-wing role and the skipper struggled to influence the game.
“I’m sure it will be different”.
“They tried to cause us problems, which they did at times, so it was a hard match but overall it was a positive performance”.
The hot topic that has been discussed for quite some time could now be about to reach a conclusion, with Wayne Rooney failing to score a goal against a League One side.
Mourinho, who felt that Northampton’s Jak McCourt should have been sent off for a rash challenge on Memphis Depay, did not attend his post-match press conference.
“I should stop speaking about refereeing decisions and wait for you to speak about them, some with honest vision, some with dishonest vision”. I know I talked about the red card, but that was a risky situation, and I am not speaking about the penalty.
But an Ander Herrera strike from outside the box followed by an error from Northampton’s keeper Adam Smith allowed Marcus Rashford to make it 3-1. “But I think collectively the team was fine”, he added.
“I spoke about the red card because it is really a unsafe situation”.
United believe Mourinho’s attitude is reminiscent of the club’s most successful manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, and are happy to allow the 53-year-old to employ whichever methods will be beneficial to the team’s development.
Such strength in depth paid dividends and, while frustrated by the goals his side conceded, Northampton counterpart Rob Page was proud of his side.
“A lot of people would not even run for that [the long ball which led to the goal] but he has thought, “I will have a go, I will try and get on the end of this”.
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“Hopefully we can win and we can keep being in the high (parts) of the table”.
