‘So we changed the team to play against Leicester, the specific qualities they have’.
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The visitors scored an excellent consolation goal through Demarai Gray in the second half, but it was too little, too late, on a day when United were simply too good.
“He is a big player for me, a big player for Untied and a big payer for this country”, Mourinho told Sky Sports.
United ended a run of two straight league losses – against Manchester City and Watford – that had ruined its winning start to the campaign and led to widespread criticism of the makeup of Jose Mourinho’s team as well as the coach’s management style. Pogba made it 4-0 by heading in Blind’s outswinging corner for his first goal for United since returning to the club as the world’s most expensive player.
Although the club captain struck a positive note as he waved and applauded the fans as he headed down the tunnel, his role as the team’s driving force is under serious threat after United thrived with Juan Mata filling his position superbly.
Back from suspension and immediately back in the goals, Sergio Aguero scored twice to take his tally to 11 in six games. I don’t want to say anything else.
“He is happy”, Mourinho said after the game. The process for players and the team is to play well in patches, the last thing to achieve is consistency.
“They’re not 100 per cent as I always think this hard moment where you really feel that you have to win the match I prefer to go with players who are 100 per cent ready by the physical point of view and mental point of view”.
“It is not normal to score three times from a corner, but the intensity of our pressure led to the corners and therefore the goals”.
“I said I wanted to play for the title because this is the approach I think Manchester United demands, it was not because I thought it was going to be an easy task”.
“We were very strong against a team that is very easy to analyse but very hard to cope with”. When they are not 100 percent, I always think that in these hard moments – when you really feel you have to win the match – I prefer always to go with players who are 100 percent ready, from their physical and mental point of view.
Ranieri’s post match comments will only have added fire to that speculation, as he admitted that he did replace Vardy and Mahrez to save their legs in a game that was already over.
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“Asamoah we’ll have to see, as he was on the stretcher, but Rugani was walking and we hope it’s nothing much. Maybe we lost the final pass but it was sudden”, said Leicester manager Claudio Ranieri. “We need to forget this result and regroup quickly because we have another big game on Tuesday”. “But this is a very good lesson for us”.
