Manchester United manager protests too much and sounds more than a little paranoid as he seeks to find the best blend for his team
Manchester United’s mini-crisis seems to be over. This was a comprehensive and crowd-pleasing dismantling of the defending champions, with the home side playing the sort of football and scoring the type of goals that Old Trafford wants to see, trashing Leicester’s reputation for doughty defending in the process.
Never mind that three of the four first-half goals came from corners – although Claudio Ranieri certainly will – here was United looking more balanced, mobile and adventurous. Paul Pogba came into his own for perhaps the first time this season and one goal of the season contender he almost created for Zlatan Ibrahimovic would have brought the house down had the Swede been able to keep his volley a little lower.
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