Come the end of the season we want to be challenging. But goals from Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera and Rashford eased United to victory at Sixfields, with Mourinho emboldened by the result to lash out at “football Einsteins” for trying to undermine his and the club’s achievements in the wake of their recent run of three successive losses.
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A mouth-watering clash with Pep Guardiola’s City now awaits in the fourth round, but Herrera is more interested in the positive impact Wednesday’s win can have for reigning champions Leicester’s visit at the weekend.
“That summed up where he is right now, and I wonder if the lad would be doing himself and his manager a favour if he sought Mourinho out for a chat and asked to be taken out of the firing line”.
“We deserved to win, clearly”.
The Foxes go to Manchester United on Saturday with Ranieri and Old Trafford boss Mourinho having had a rocky relationship in the past.
After the Three Lions’s 1-0 win over Slovakia in last month’s World Cup qualifying match, ex-England goalkeeper Peter Shilton said that Rooney’s presence in the national side is stunting the team’s development. Gary Cahill has scored five goals in all competitions since August 2015; three more than any other Chelsea defender. “I don’t care who you are. But we had a decent second half, we finished the game off and we’re delighted to be through to the next round”.
“I would have the best player in Germany past year, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, playing instead of him for United and for England I would pick Dele Alli”. “It’s going to be a great atmosphere”.
“I’m not saying Rooney is ready for the scrapheap, don’t get me wrong”.
“But we have another chance to play against a top team and show what we are able to do”.
“I told you two weeks ago that we were very disappointed because we lost in front of our fans against our city opponents”.
Alex Revell of Northampton Town scores his side’s first goal against Manchester United. We can not say he has played badly, but he hasn’t done anything of note either.
“We have to get ready, forget about this and get ready for probably a tougher game on Saturday, to be honest with you”.
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In typically bullish fashion, Mourinho has come out fighting, labelling United’s detractors as know-it-all “Eintseins”, although he will be aware United can’t afford another poor eight days with home games to come against Leicester, Russian side FC Zorya Luhansk in the Europa League and struggling Stoke City.
