Mkhitaryan netted in a third successive match on Boxing Day hooking a superb scorpion kick beyond Jordan Pickford, although replays suggested he was just offside.
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If this type of form continues he is well on course to earn a move to a top club in the Premier League and replace Joe Hart as England’s number one. “So it is just more of the same”. He wanted Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos, Cesc Fabregas and was approached about Thiago Alcantara.
But United are a long way behind the leaders at the moment, ‘ he added.
City coach Pep Guardiola hasn’t given his players much time to celebrate Christmas, with his plans for December 25 consisting of a morning training session followed by a bus trip to the northern city of Hull.
Instead, he brought in Marouane Fellaini and, the following January, Juan Mata.
“There were a couple of passes and bad decisions in the last 10 minutes of the game that made the result worse for us”. Unfortunately for Moyes he was sacked before it could be confirmed, and Louis Van Gaal decided against purchasing Kroos, who eventually joined Real Madrid in July, 2014.
So Moyes returns to United with a feeling of “What if?” I knew someday I would either come up against the Manchester United players or work with some of them.
“I thought up until 1-0 that we had a good chance of getting something out of the game”, said Moyes.
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‘We haven’t given up yet, we’re not saying we are out of the competition.
“They are a football club who had traditions with the way they spent”.
Sunderland will know that it will be a tough task to take anything from their visit to Old Trafford.
Moyes returns to Old Trafford with Sunderland today with heads still being shaken in embarrassment among the Stretford End faithful that the man dubbed the “Chosen One” ever graced the home dugout.
That could be good news for the United fans who will be looking for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 35, to score against Sunderland.
Richard Lenton is the lead presenter at Eleven Sports Network.
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Ibrahimovic left PSG in the summer after having won four straight league titles at the Parc des Princes, along with both French cups the previous two seasons.
