Henrikh Mkhitaryan was chosen as the Manchester United player to meet the media ahead of the Red Devils UEFA Champions League group stage clash at CSKA Moscow. Manager Jose Mourinho met the media as well, and during his session he made it clear that Mkhitaryan was selected for the press conference only because he speaks Russian, and not as an indicator of the Armenian being chosen, or not chosen, for the first team tomorrow.

Mourinho made it clear that he was trying to make it easier for the media, and that he likes to make things easier for journalists whenever he can.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho met the media a couple hours ago to preview his side’s UEFA Champions League group stage clash at CSKA Moscow tomorrow night.

During the session he covered a wide array of topics including: his happiness over escaping further punishment from his touchline infraction at Southampton this past Saturday, the health status of Marouane Fellaini, and the development of Victor Lindelof at United/how he plans to use the defender.

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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho is happy with the Football Association’s decision not to take further action against him, in the wake of his getting sent off in the 1-0 win at Southampton. Mourinho got whistled on Saturday for being just outside the technical area and thus sent off in the final minutes of extra time at the St. Mary’s.

You can see a couple different angles of the infraction at this link, and thus realize for yourself just how ticky tack this call really was.

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Manchester United are in the Russian capital with their UEFA Champions League group stage clash at CSKA Moscow tomorrow night. United manager Jose Mourinho met the media an hour ago, and we have the entire press conference for you below, via YouTube.

The injury to Marouane Fellaini, and the subsequent midfielder crisis that’s ensuing was the main topic of the session.

“We don’t have Fellaini, we don’t have Pogba and we don’t have Carrick, all three midfield players we lose for this match, so there are not many solutions,” said Mourinho.

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Everton striker Wayne Rooney played at Old Trafford ten days ago as a member of the opposition. This was his first time that he had done so in 13 years. From 2004 until the end of last season, Rooney became Manchester United’s all-time leading scorer, having netted 183 times in 393 appearances.

This summer he returned to his boyhood club at Goodison Park on a free transfer, a transaction that United Manager Jose Mourinho said he just could not even fathom stopping.

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Manchester United are heavily favored in their UEFA Champions League Group Stage clash at CSKA Moscow tomorrow night. Both sides won their UCL opener, as United beat FC Basel 3-0 at home while Moscow won 2-1 at Benfica. One major side bar to this game surrounds Russian authoritarian leader Vladimir Putin who has reportedly authorized extreme use of force against any potential would be football hooligans.

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Manchester United are heavy favorites at CSKA Moscow in their UEFA Champions League Group Stages clash tomorrow night. This despite being without the services of both Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini.

Midfielder Juan Mata, however, doesn’t see the match as a cake walk; not at all. In his latest blog post, the Spaniard described CSKA Moscow as being a very difficult challenge for his team.

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Despite being without both Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini, Manchester United are very heavy favorites in their UEFA Champions League Group Stages clash at CSKA Moscow Wednesday night. Oddschecker backs them at 5/7 to win, while they set odds for a draw at 29/10. The line for a CSKA Moscow victory is now at 19/4.

Juan Mata, however, doesn’t see the match as an easy task. In his latest blog post, the Spaniard described the Russian side as posing a real challenge to his team.

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Manchester United will be a bit thinner in the middle when they take on CSKA Moscow in the Russian capital on Wednesday night. Marouane Fellaini suffered an ankle injury in the 1-0 win at Southampton this past Saturday and therefore won’t be available for the road leg of the UEFA Champions League group stage tie.

Fellaini did not fly with the team to Moscow, and joins Paul Pogba on the list of players not available for this clash.

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