Manchester United exhibited their strongest start of the season with two overrated stars, Paul Pogba, and Romelu Lukaku, warming the bench. Both the players are not having good spells of their career and Mourinho had to make them realize the fact that they are not IRREPLACEABLE.
The consequence could have been irreversible and catastrophic, but it paid off well for Jose Mourinho and his troop. They got the start they had been craving for, a performance that fans wanted to witness, impatiently.
Not featuring Lukaku in the front gave United pace that the trio of Martial, Rashford, and Lingard were successfully able to bring in the pitch from minute one. As for Pogba, the midfielder was probably out for his disastrous performance against Southampton.
Jose Mourinho defended his decision to keep United’s two most expensive player out as a ‘tactical and technical’ approach.
“Technical and tactical decisions we are going to play with Lingard, Rashford and Martial,” he explained. “We did that already before recently against Young Boys we were not successful in the goals that we wanted to score but we were happy with the situation we created so in that first half against Young Boys we had big chances
We believe a combination of these three young fast, creative players even if they are not normally what you call the killer that has a chance, score a goal – we believe in their dynamic and appetite.”
Now the focus shifts on the upcoming match against Fulham. Will Jose bear on same starting XI that pleased one and all or will he bring his two stars back in starting XI.
