Mourinho insists Manchester United can win “unpredictable” Premier League this season
Ibrahimovic has also received significant attention in recent weeks, but rather for his struggles on the pitch, with a double in the 3-1 win over Swansea City on November 6 ending a run of six consecutive matches across all competitions without a goal.
It was a good win.
Rooney after the match Talk to BT Sports: I’m pleased and I’m sure there’s plenty more to come. I can not play with 12 players. “I don’t know what has happened”, Ibrahimovic told British media.
United are second in Group A, two points behind Fenerbahce and looking for a win or a draw against Zorya Luhansk on December 9 to book their place in the knockout stages.
French forward Anthony Martial risks slipping from the first-team picture at Manchester United if he does not start making more of his opportunities, manager Jose Mourinho has warned.
“It’s not the biggest competition, obviously, but it’s a competition that Man United’s history doesn’t have”. (On Thursday) we were winning 1-0 and missing chances, and then we lost the ball in midfield and they got a direct free-kick, I thought it would be 1-1. This time though he showed what everyone has been talking about as he produced a man of the match performance in which he deserved at least to get on the score sheet.
Mourinho said of the Armenian. In fact he hasn’t started a Premier League game since the 2-0 win over Hull on October 1. He’s still one of the most skilled strikers in the world, and if the day comes when he moves to the United States, American soccer fans will be in for a real treat. So I think it’s just that because that has also to be with confidence levels.
“The Premier League is different”, said Mourinho, whose side entertain West Ham United tomorrow. “He’s very intelligent, very bright, with how he reads the game”. “So good for him, the performance was good”.
It’s been well documented how it seems like Mourinho doesn’t know his first XI at United.
“Four-nil is a big defeat”, said Feyenoord coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
A second goal seemed a matter of time and so it proved in the 69th minute as Ibrahimovic’s deft pass freed Rooney, who cleverly squared the ball for Mata to slide it home.
United need to be more ruthless in front of goal as the look to close the gap on the top four and learn from their mistakes.
“But after 70 minutes (just after Mata scored), you could see the difference in quality I think”.
“We could cope with Manchester for 70 minutes, but after 70 minutes you could see the difference in quality”. “So we know the game is not over”.