The fans sang a song heralding Ibrahimovic that was clunky and full of curses, but it has quickly caught on. United fans need new heroes, and the Swede has scored twice in two weeks, just as he netted on his debuts in Spain, Italy, France and the Champions League. He doesn't look mobile, doesn't look like he'll chase a ball down the way Juan Mata did for United's first goal after a defensive error, but Ibrahimovic scores goals. Big goals. He wins football matches -- something United haven't done enough of in the last three years.
Mourinho is doing things his way. If fans had theirs, they'd sell Marouane Fellaini and many would drop Wayne Rooney. But it's Mourinho who picks the team, who sees the players every day in training. He's seen a pace, power and purpose in Antonio Valencia which convinces him that he's fit to play right-back and which saw the Ecuadorian play his 250th game for the club. He's seen a presence in Bailly and awarded him more minutes than any other player in all his United games so far.
Bailly has been a contender for United's best player in the two games and was awarded man of the match against Leicester in the Community Shield and against Bournemouth. Alongside him, Daley Blind blocks, intercepts and retains possession. Blind is no Usain Bolt for pace and his place in the side will be uncertain once Chris Smalling returns from injury, but his football intelligence is respected enormously by his teammates.
In front of another decent defensive performance, Fellaini played well, moving the ball quickly forward and making it a little bit harder for fans searching for a scapegoat to find one. But it's only one game, and one United didn't play particularly well in the first half. Mata, another with an uncertain future, also put in a pleasing performance.
After that 4-1 win against Arsenal in August 1989, I walked from the Stretford End thinking that United were about to become the pre-eminent force in English football again. A yellow van parked outside owned by the Manchester Evening News printed the Pink newspaper to demand, with fresh football results on the back page. Copies were selling quickly on the Old Trafford forecourt and United were top of the league, even if it was after only one game. They're top now, too.
In '89, the hopes were misplaced and after three months United weren't even in the top 10. Their season would fall apart, leave the club's greatest ever manager on the brink of dismissal and end in the disappointment of a 13th place league finish.
The fans sang a song heralding Ibrahimovic that was clunky and full of curses, but it has quickly caught on. United fans need new heroes, and the Swede has scored twice in two weeks, just as he netted on his debuts in Spain, Italy, France and the Champions League. He doesn't look mobile, doesn't look like he'll chase a ball down the way Juan Mata did for United's first goal after a defensive error, but Ibrahimovic scores goals. Big goals. He wins football matches -- something United haven't done enough of in the last three years.Mourinho is doing things his way. If fans had theirs, they'd sell Marouane Fellaini and many would drop Wayne Rooney. But it's Mourinho who picks the team, who sees the players every day in training. He's seen a pace, power and purpose in Antonio Valencia which convinces him that he's fit to play right-back and which saw the Ecuadorian play his 250th game for the club. He's seen a presence in Bailly and awarded him more minutes than any other player in all his United games so far.Bailly has been a contender for United's best player in the two games and was awarded man of the match against Leicester in the Community Shield and against Bournemouth. Alongside him, Daley Blind blocks, intercepts and retains possession. Blind is no Usain Bolt for pace and his place in the side will be uncertain once Chris Smalling returns from injury, but his football intelligence is respected enormously by his teammates.In front of another decent defensive performance, Fellaini played well, moving the ball quickly forward and making it a little bit harder for fans searching for a scapegoat to find one. But it's only one game, and one United didn't play particularly well in the first half. Mata, another with an uncertain future, also put in a pleasing performance.After that 4-1 win against Arsenal in August 1989, I walked from the Stretford End thinking that United were about to become the pre-eminent force in English football again. A yellow van parked outside owned by the Manchester Evening News printed the Pink newspaper to demand, with fresh football results on the back page. Copies were selling quickly on the Old Trafford forecourt and United were top of the league, even if it was after only one game. They're top now, too.In '89, the hopes were misplaced and after three months United weren't even in the top 10. Their season would fall apart, leave the club's greatest ever manager on the brink of dismissal and end in the disappointment of a 13th place league finish.
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