Manchester United legend Gary Neville sends Paul Pogba message after derby win

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russian Federation in edging closer, and De Gea is backed to play as first-choice goalkeeper for the Spain National Team. Despite their plans, Pogba stepped up and spoiled their title celebrations. For those keeping tabs, Guardiola has more wins (seven) than Jose (four) in their previous meetings against each other, with six draws.

City may have come out on the wrong side of Saturday’s scoreline, but let’s not forget the team’s second goal, a attractive turn and finish by Ilkay Gündoğan that looked as if it had sewn up the game with an hour left to play. When the weeping fans glance at the standings they will still see City 13 points clear of United at the summit with six games remaining.

The Toffees have Jordan Pickford to thank for saving two Liverpool shots in the first half.

That’s all subjective – as is Pogba awarding him the title of the world’s No. 1 – for who is to judge?

Hopefully for United fans, yesterday’s momentous result marks a much-needed modification to Mourinho’s stale approach.

“The first half was bad, we dropped off didn’t play our game, and could have been out of sight”, United captain Chris Smalling told Sky Sports.

Jesse Lingard (7) – He didn’t stand out like Pogba and Sanchez but also put in a good shift in the second half and chased the ball down well.

United don’t want to be seen as a club that loses their top talents to Madrid – even if they are Madrilenos.

United’s fightback was kickstarted by Paul Pogba silencing his critics after a deeply disappointing season by scoring twice in two minutes just after half-time.

The attraction of his home city club is obvious and will always be there but, by hook or dodgy fax machine, he’s stayed in Manchester for nearly seven years. High-flying City attacked at will, and had it not been for the disgusting finishing of Raheem Sterling, they could have easily been up by four or five at the half.

Shane Long equalised for The Baggies when his lifeless strike trickled under the hapless body of De Gea. It is time Mourinho built his team and his system around this supremely athletic 25-year-old, rather than fitting him into available slots. There’s no clamour to replace him.

De Gea portrayed a strongminded individual in the public eye, but later admitted he’d contemplated leaving England during his debut season.

When Pogba performs, so do United but Mourinho has yet to find a way of fully harnessing his ability to benefit the team or convince him to do some of the more mundane aspects which he seems to ignore. They showed that when they are afforded the opportunity to do what they do best – attack with flair, pace, and freedom – United are a far stronger outfit.

United have the players to play at high intensity, but they don’t always do it often enough. The goalkeeper, as ever, will say little.