Tag: Paul Pogba
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Injuries Changed the Game On a day where it wasn’t only this game that the players dictated the changes their manager would be allowed to make, Manchester United sustained three injuries in the first half of this intense derby. Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, and his replacement Jesse Lingard all had to…
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5 Things We Learned: Cardiff City 1-5 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. Football can be fun It could be easy to draw too much inference from a single game of football. Ultimately, Manchester United achieved a comfortable victory against a poor Cardiff City side who occupy 17th position in the Premier League table. Neil Warnock was furious with the display of his side,…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester City 3-1 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard 1. There is a gulf between the sides The debate about who is the biggest club in Manchester is a simple one given the fan base, self-generated resources and history of sustained success at Manchester United. However, it could not have been more painfully obvious in this latest Manchester derby as to…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester United 2-1 Everton
1. Movement Up Front Creates Space… Would you believe After weeks of pressure building against Romelu Lukaku, Mourinho finally decided to drop his £75 million man. Rashford was given the striker’s berth ahead of Lukaku on Sunday and although he didn’t see much of the ball, it was his movement off the ball and his…
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5 Things We Learned: Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard Manchester United fell to a limp and, sadly, deserved defeat on Sunday afternoon at the Amex Stadium. Here are five things we learned: 1. The Players Lacked Desire Captain for the day Paul Pogba summed it up in his post-match comments to the media: “We lost, we did not deserve to win.…
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5 Things We Learned: Manchester City 2-3 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard Trailing 2-0 at half time having managed a single touch in the opposition penalty area, Manchester United achieved the most unlikely of comebacks against their city rivals and Premier League champions elect in the most thrilling half of football in the post-Fergie era. It was one of the craziest matches in recent…
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5 Things We Learned: Newcastle United 1-0 Manchester United
Manchester United visited Newcastle on Sunday afternoon with high hopes of a comfortable away victory against a side struggling against relegation, having failed to win at home since 23rd October 2017. Unfortunately for Jose Mourinho and his team, Matt Ritchie unfortunately chose this encounter to convert his first goal of the season, ending a run…
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5 Things We Learned: Arsenal 1-3 Manchester United
Follow Fergus: @fergusrockhard After an enthralling encounter at the Emirates, it was Manchester United who emerged victorious, earning a rare but crucial three points away from home against a top six opponent. It was a frantic game, full of incident, controversy, gusto and drama, already touted in many punditry circles as the game of the…