José Mourinho has little to show from big away days, Vincent Kompany talks up the Pep Guardiola revolution, and Tony Pulis points to the bottom line
Manchester United’s run of 25 unbeaten league games came to an end at Arsenal where José Mourinho once again set up his team with the focus on nullifying the opposition. Asking Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Juan Mata to follow Arsenal’s wingbacks wherever they went meant sacrificing two of his most creative talents in an attempt to deny the Gunners control. This of course is the Mourinho way, to be reactive, to never make the first mistake, but against their direct rivals away from home it simply hasn’t worked: United have failed to score in 360 Premier League minutes at the Emirates, the Etihad, Stamford Bridge and Anfield this season. Next is a trip to White Hart Lane and given United’s league position it would hardly be a great risk to loosen up and go toe to toe with Tottenham, yet that kind of front-foot away performance seems no more likely now than it did under Mourinho’s predecessor. Lawrence Ostlere
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We will make a massive profit, this club is run very professionally. We have to survive and we do that very well
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I've never been part of a team that has been able to control and dominate a game like we do now.
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