DBasia.news – Manchester United started the 2018-2019 Premier League with a victory of Leicester City. The match at Old Trafford, Friday (10/8) ended with a 2-1 score.
Rumored to join Barcelona, Paul Pogba performed as the captain of the match. This is Manchester United’s way to keep Pogba.
As the captain, Paul Pogba showed his contribution. Pogba scored the first goal for Manchester United by the penalty kick at 3′.
Left one goal, Leicester attacked Manchester United’s defense. Luckily, David de Gea played well along the game.
Luke Shaw who was marginalized also showed impressive performance in the match. Many times, he almost added the goals for Manchester United.
However, Luke Shaw just scored his name in the scoreboard 7 minutes before the end. Using passing from Juan Mata, Shaw added a goal for Manchester United.
Right before the end, Leicester responded by Jamie Vardy kick. But, the 2-1 score for Manchester United remained until the end.
After the match, Jose Mourinho praised Paul Pogba’s performance. Mourinho assumed the Manchester United alumnus played like a monster.
“Of course some fantastic performances, the boys with the proper pre-season were in a much better condition. Luke Shaw, Andreas Pereira, Eric Bailly, Matteo Darmian, these boys were comfortable to play 90 minutes but the others were fantastic,” Jose Mourinho said reported by FourFourTwo.
“Pogba was a monster, we thought maximum 60 minutes but he managed the 80,” Jose Mourinho continued.
By this victory, Manchester United won the first rank of the temporary standing of Premier League. But this position might change because the other team hasn’t played yet.