Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has revealed to the press that the club’s main objective this season is to topple Leicester City and be crowned the premier league champions. Despite scoring the victor England coach Sam Allardyce stuck with the decision to leave him with the Under 21s when he named his first squad yesterday.
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“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”.
“We know matches like that can help us win championships”.
“I don’t want to go in that direction”.
“But for me, from a selfish point of view, thinking just about me and the evolution of my player, I prefer him to play matches with the U21s”.
“The second half was like going to fight against an organised wall”. We tried everything during the 90 minutes and it was very exciting to celebrate the victory at the end with the team-mates and the fans who were there supporting us. We need to get cracking.
“The players deserve some more quality to come into the club”.
“It was an unreal feeling and even a few of the lads in there [the dressing room] said it was like taking them back to the old days when they sometimes used to get those smash and grab wins”.
“It’s incredible being around them every day and learning a lot from them, so I hope it continues”, he added. As you can imagine, we reach the worldwide break with plenty of energy and optimism after the third win in the Premier League.
One setback for United was a back injury to midfielder Marouane Fellaini, which makes him a doubt for Belgium’s World Cup qualifier in Cyprus in September 6.
Hull caretaker boss Mike Phelan is a big admirer of Keane having worked with the player during his time as assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.
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On 92 minutes, with every player drenched by the rain, Wayne Rooney – who had been sidelined to the left flank and failed to make an impression during the match – skipped to the Hull byline, evaded a exhausted challenge from Ahmed Elmohamady and fired a low cross into the six-yard box. Fellaini, who was picked by new Belgium manager Roberto Martinez, will travel with the Belgium squad.
