Jose Mourinho answers a variety of questions as he looks forward to the new season in charge of Manchester United.
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Mkhitaryan and Shaw were two of several players replaced at half-time, with substitutes Will Keane – a former Wigan loanee – and Andreas Pereira netting in the second period.
United managed to see out the final stages of the half with relative ease and also managed to introduce some young talent, Axel Tuanzebe and Joel Pereira.
Left-back Luke Shaw starts for the Reds for the first time since suffering a broken leg in a brutal challenge against PSV Eindhoven 10 months ago.
Other noteworthy decisions from Mourinho included starting with Daley Blind at centre-back, despite the manager’s comments that he is not a fan of “multi-functional players”.
As a result, the Yellow Submarine are said to have made tentative enquiries over the possibility of luring the 26-year old away from Old Trafford.
He was quick to impress with some neat touches around the box, but Stephen Warnock went in hard and fair on Memphis Depay and Jesse Lingard to set out Wigan’s stall.
However Mourinho was the one who sold him from Chelsea at that time and there were heavy speculation that the Portuguese may do the same again. Mkhitaryan then produced a disappointing miss of his own as he blazed over, unmarked, from Lingard’s cross. The opening goal came when Jaaskelainen’s kick charged down by Mata, who squared for Keane to tap in.
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Substitutions and tactical switches continued to full-time but there were no further goals.
