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MAN UTD’S MIDFIELD
As far as responses go, it was pretty much perfect. Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United side headed into Saturday afternoon’s clash with Premier League champions Leicester City under pressure to deliver, with three defeats in their last four outings in all competitions prompting some to question whether the Red Devils have what it takes to launch a sustained challenge for the title for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson vacated the Old Trafford dugout in 2013.
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JOSE MOURINHO’S BEST XI
So far José Mourinho has chopped and changed his first-team and can’t seem to find one for all occasions. It’s early days, but Mourinho’s got to find an XI where he has full faith in them going out and getting the job done.
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NO TIME TO PANIC
The warning signs are already there in Jose Mourinho’s short tenure as Manchester United boss, but now is not the time to hit the panic button. Mourinho’s position has come under increased scrutiny just eight games into his reign at Old Trafford after suffering three straight defeats for the first time in a decade as a manager.
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Seven Days in Seven Points
Now is the time for Vincent Janssen to step up Tottenham fans breathed a huge sigh of relief when Kane finally managed to open the scoring against Sunderland at the weekend. However, those sighs soon turned to grimaces when Harry limped off the pitch with what looked like a damaged ankle.
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ROONEY, MOURINHO AND THE MAN UNITED DILEMMA
It is becoming more and more difficult to discuss Wayne Rooney’s situation at Manchester United. Supporters, rival fans, journalists and just about everyone else will agree he doesn’t deserve to hold down a place in Jose Mourinho’s first team, more so now than under Louis van Gaal or David Moyes.
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TACKLING THE £1,400,000+ FREEPLAY6
The Premier League is starting to take shape now and the surprises very definitely come at the bottom of the table with one or two clubs off to horrific starts. We’ve five fixtures from England’s top flight for you to predict and also one from Serie A which, ominously for most of the league, seems to be taking on a very familiar pattern.
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Liverpool Title Credentials Will Be Defined In ‘Smaller Games’
Liverpool’s expansion of Anfield was completed last month, but perhaps the club should have considered relocating to London instead. Jurgen Klopp’s men have already made three trips to the capital in the early weeks of the 2016/17 campaign, with Friday’s 2-1 victory over Chelsea making it seven points from a possible nine at the homes of three of the Premier League’s biggest clubs.
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CITY FLY FLAG FOR ENGLAND IN EUROPE
The first round of Champions League games are over, but which English club is best placed to maybe go all the way in the competition? Manchester City and Leicester City got their campaigns off to flying starts while Arsenal were fortunate to get a draw and Tottenham made a nightmare start at Wembley.
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WHAT MAN UTD MUST DO TO GET BEST OF POGBA
Talk of formations, systems, philosophies and manager ideals are all the rage these days, with the plethora of top coaches in the Premier League this season heightening interest in such topics. The rivalry and contrasting styles of Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola gets chins wagging the most, and Saturday saw the first clash of titanic minds – 1-0 Pep.
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Weekly Football Highlights
Mourinho 0-1 Guardiola Everyone expected fireworks between these two managerial goliaths when their respective sides met at Old Trafford last weekend, but we were treated to nothing of the sort. Instead, we witnessed Guardiola’s team – not for the first time – emerging victorious against Mourinho’s.
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