He is magnificent the way he thinks about football, he thinks very quickly and it’s so sweet how he touches the ball.
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After the excesses of Euro 2016 it is nearly painful to write this sentence, but history should record that when Mourinho first took his seat on a Manchester United touchline, the moment the assembled photographers had been waiting for occurred during a rendition of Will Grigg’s On Fire. “It’s nice to feel welcome but I would prefer them to go with the team”, Mourinho said afterwards.
“With Eric, the way the fans showed how much they liked his performance when I changed him is enough”, Mourinho added. United ended the first half goalless but controlled possession and the game.
Manchester United attacker Henrikh Mkhitaryan has insisted that he will “play anywhere” for the team after making his debut for the Red Devils on Saturday afternoon. Indeed, it was easy to see how Mkhitaryan led the Bundesliga in assists with Borussia Dortmund last season and he might have capped his first United outing with a goal just before the interval but volleyed over from a Jesse Lingard cross.
Bailly was given 82 minutes at the heart of defence, partnering Daley Blind in the first half and Phil Jones in the second. He vowed to keep improving and assured the fans that the best is the to come.
“Obviously the result is not the most important thing, but I was pleased after 10 days of work to see things starting to happen”, Mourinho said.
His neat lay-off after eight minutes should have been converted by Memphis Depay only for the Dutchman to see his shot blocked and the same United forward was guilty of an even more glaring miss halfway through the opening period when he missed the target at the far post after more good approach play from Mkhitaryan.
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Although he was very positive about the performance as a whole, Mkhitaryan told MUTV that he will not be sitting back and coasting after impressing early on.
