What has changed at Man Utd since Jose Mourinho took over

Ibrahimovic made it three goals in two games for United – four in three if you include the Community Shield – and vindicated Jose Mourinho’s decision to sign him at the age of 34. “If I can help then I will help, and I can help even more”. Ibrahimovic’s arms were out, peeling away on his victory run, and it was hard not to imagine United’s supporters will be seeing a lot more of that celebration this season. “I want to win games, but I want to do it in an attractive manner”, he added. “He is learning to play with us”.

The good times appear to be back at Old Trafford, with Ibrahimovic’s towering header in the 36th minute and a penalty conversion in the 52nd earning United a second straight victory to open the league season under new manager Jose Mourinho.

“We need to get used to winning and carry on like this”.

“Maybe a simple phone call the day after my presentation as manager changed a lot because I told him, forget everything you read”. We have a new coach, new staff, some new players.

“The last 10 minutes, 2-0, now (you need) more discipline, more tactical organisation, but this is the kind of guy that has to play free”. It was collectively a rather slow start for the Red Devils, but Pogba’s positional awareness was spot on and he was able to get in the right positions in his own half to get on the ball and spring United’s attack forward.

Things quickly improved, however.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is intent Manchester United should develop the “monster mentality” he learned from playing alongside Fabio Cannavaro, Patrick Vieira and Gianluigi Buffon at Juventus earlier in his career.

Ibrahimovic’s double against Southampton took his tally to four goals in three competitive games for United, following his victor in the Community Shield clash against Leicester City and his strike in last week’s 3-1 win over Bournemouth. Southampton had a goal ruled out for offside, but could not manage to threaten David de Gea’s goal after that.

Pogba had a number of chances to extend United’s lead, first heading over from Mata’s corner and then blazing a pair of shots off-target.

Mourinho handed a competitive home debut to Mkhitaryan late on, before Chris Smalling made his return from suspension as a replacement for Rooney.