Zlatan Ibrahimovic overshadowed Pogba by scoring both goals in the 2-0 win at Old Trafford, but the France global put in an outstanding performance in the centre of the park on his debut after a world record £89.3 million move from Juventus. I need to get to know everybody and the way we play. Outside the pitch, inside the pitch is also new.
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“First ball, I lost it, but got used to it”.
“It is like a puzzle – we need to put the puzzle together and then make it work”.
“If the team does good, the individuals do good”, Ibrahimovic told Sky Sports. If the goals are early or late it’s the same thing for me, it’s still three points.
When asked how he felt after playing the full game, Pogba replied “I feel very good” which is incredible after having trained so little before the game.
We’re becoming better and better, it was the first game at home and we won it. And it was a good start.
“We need to get to know this club”.
Manchester United great Ryan Giggs lavished praise on Paul Pogba after the world’s most expensive footballer made his first start for the Premier League giant, mentioning him in the same breath as former captain Roy Keane, Bryan Robson and Steven Gerrard.
“The team did well and I think we can do much, much more”. I hope to keep carry on like this, getting better and better and just keep winning. It’s a natural evolution of things.
Serie A’s emphasis on tactics and clean sheets never truly owed to the strengths of Pogba’s off the cuff game and the Frenchman played with the shackles off during a vibrant performance.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is relishing the opportunity to mentor Manchester United’s youngsters, 12 years after entering a Juventus dressing room that was littered with big names. I always play against them, and this time they are on my side.
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The Swede has won trophies all over the world and will undoubtedly be inspiring the youth at Old Trafford as one of the biggest names in football. “Because September we have Capital One Cup, we have Europa League, we have seven matches in September and they all play and then I am happy”, he said. A player that when the season and the market opened, everybody was saying he was leaving and was not a player for me. “I designate three: Paul [Pogba], Wayne and Zlatan and sometimes I like the players to have the feeling it is for me”, Mourinho said.
