Five things José Mourinho must do to stop the rot at Manchester United | Jamie Jackson

Sep 19, 2016

Three defeats in eight days have blown apart José Mourinho’s encouraging start at Old Trafford, but whether the problem is Rooney, Pogba, the defence or the midfield, the manager needs solutions, and fast

At the moment José Mourinho is a manager confused regarding his best XI or Manchester United would not have lost three consecutive games and the Portuguese suffer the run for a first time since his Porto days. The Portuguese’s indecisiveness is quaint for a glittering career built on the requisite ruthlessness. For the defeat against Manchester City in came Henrikh Mkhitaryan for a full debut despite an injury during the international break, and Jesse Lingard, who had not featured since the Community Shield for the same reason. This meant Marcus Rashford, who scored a dying-moments winner at Hull City and a hat-trick for England Under‑21s in his two previous outings, was on the bench again. By half-time Mkhitaryan and Lingard had been dire and were hooked – Rashford and Ander Herrera went on.

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