Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho “really happy” with Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Former United youngster Ashley Fletcher had equalised at Old Trafford, his first senior goal for the Hammers, to make it level at half-time.

And though he may not have seen the performance at close quarters, Mourinho declared himself pleased with the cup victory which sent United into a last-four meeting with Hull, which Ireland global David Meyler jokingly called a “nice easy” draw on Twitter.

The Red Devils broke the deadlock inside the opening two minutes, as Mkhitaryan’s flick played in Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who calmly slotted past Adrian.

Asked where he watched the match, Mourinho, who wasn’t spotted in the stands at Old Trafford, said: “Secret”.

With United’s turbulent start to the Premier League season, Mourinho feels the resounding victory over West Ham has set a springboard for the club.

“We have to keep working to be ready for the next game against Everton”.

“I told them forget the goal”.

Martial doubled his tally for this season with two goals against West Ham and looks to be responding to some pointed comments by Mourinho in the British media.

United and West Ham met at the same venue in the Premier League on Sunday when United boss Jose Mourinho let his frustrations boil over and earned a second touchline ban of the season for booting a water bottle.

“I’m happy so far with my performance”.

Among the other positives for United were the excellence of Henrikh Mkhitaryan, continuing his recent rejuvenation, and the return from exile of Bastian Schweinsteiger with a late cameo off the bench.

“I never had a team with so much possession, I never had a team with so much creation, I never had a team with so many chances – but I never had a team with so many draws”. He made his ill-fated Premier League debut start in the 2-1 loss to Manchester City, but hasn’t started a game in the Premier League since.

“The way things are going at the minute, we just want to get out there and put things right. For Andy Carroll, it should be good to play 20 minutes or half an hour for Saturday”, Bilic told reporters.