Man United 4-1 Leicester: No Rooney, yes party

Crisis over. For now.

On a day of 29 goals in eight games, both Manchester sides were outscored by Liverpool, who crushed Hull City 5-1 to take their tally to 24 in the past eight games.

The hosts got back to winning ways in the EFL Cup third round tie against Northampton Town after losing three straight games in a span of nine days.

“I am (not) upset with anything”, Mourinho said. But we thought against a team like Leicester, the best solution for us was to play with the two fast kids and Mata in a position where he can interact with them.

“Obviously in the second half, nobody was expecting us to score four more goals and to win 8-0”.

“It was a very good performance and result”.

“Fresh people are needed as we play another match on Thursday against Zorya Luhansk – if Rooney doesn’t play today [Saturday], it means he plays the next one”.

“We have to carry on doing what we did today. [In] football everyone is the same and if he [Rooney] has to go on the bench, he goes on the bench”, Mourinho said. However, it was United that took the lead after 22 minutes, when Chris Smalling found a little space in the area from a corner and headed home, with a little help from Ron-Robert Zieler.

Aside from being occasionally rested, Rooney has not been dropped by United since he was left out by Louis van Gaal against Stoke midway through last season.

Wayne Rooney may possibly shift into the left wing in the absence of Martial, with teenage sensation Marcus Rashford on the right wing.

Ibrahimovic so almost played in Rashford with an acute through ball, but former United youth-team goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler was quick off his line to gather. “You have four victories, you have 12 points”.

No arguments there, Jose.

“(Zlatan Ibrahimovic) Ibra played absolutely incredible in the way he started our pressure. Rooney, meanwhile, appeared as an 83rd-minute substitute. The United midfield looked more fluid without him, but Mourinho insisted that his captain remains central to his thinking.

Rooney had started the previous five United games, bt Mourinho said: “I knew that the question would be asked about Wayne not playing, but the question should be about Lingard and Rashford playing, said Jose”. He’s my man, I trust him completely and he’s as happy as I am at the moment.

“One team was Manchester United and another was managed by the worst manager in the history of football (Mourinho at Chelsea 2005-2006)”.