This is a tactical thing but is also a mental attitude and it’s something that you don’t go there and make everything become flawless in a couple of weeks.
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The goal swung the tie in Watford’s favour with just six minutes remaining, just a few minutes after Zlatan Ibrahimovic had almost won it for the away side.
The first setback for The Red Devils, who kicked off their 2016/17 season with a Community Shield win over Leicester City and three consecutive Premier League victories, came at Old Trafford when they lost the derby clash to Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Even at 25 you have to jump and go and press but no, we wait.
Despite insisting back in July that Rooney would play as a striker and not in the deeper role he had been shifted to in recent times, Mourinho named him in a three-man midfield with Paul Pogba and just ahead of Marouane Fellaini.
The broadcaster and pundit has called for the forward to be dropped from Jose Mourinho’s side after 12 years as a regular first-teamer at United. It’s something that doesn’t become flawless in a couple of weeks.
Jose Mourinho says Manchester United’s humiliation at Watford underlines how much work needs to be done to transform his spluttering side into title contenders.
His reunion with Mourinho gives that feeling of “we are Manchester United, now come try to f*** us’!”
“We need to be against teams like Manchester United who have high quality players and spend a lot of money”.
“The third thing is what is my hands, which is the improvement of the team and the individuals”.
“Today, you know what happened in the first goal, so we were punished by these mistakes, but I can’t do anything”.
“They [Liverpool] are the second best team I’ve seen so far this season, Man City is by far the best team but I think Liverpool are second”, said Hargreaves on BT Sport.
“I know him from Italy”, explained Zuniga. The second factor is the referee and I can’t control their mistakes, The story of the game is the result and not the ridiculous situation of the first goal.
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Mourinho and his men have a chance to stop the rot when they face Northampton Town in the EFL Cup on Wednesday. “I feel the first moment we had a defeat, a hard situation, some of the boys are having a bit of difficulty coping with the negativity”.
