Archives for November 2016

Just over a week ago, Manchester United’s big money summer transfer window acquisition Henrikh Mkhitaryan hadn’t played in three weeks. The £26 million acquisition had only featured six times during the season at that point and only once (in the Europa League versus Fenerbahce) since September 10th in the much over-hyped Manchester Derby.

At that point, Mkhitaryan had only one start on the season, and that came way back on September 10th versus Manchester City. By Thanksgiving, he had accrued just 105 minutes in total during this Premier League season.

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UPDATE: the Football Association has officially charged Jose Mourinho, and he has accepted the charges. Jose Mourinho will serve a one match touchline ban for the incident this past Sunday.

The Special One is indeed showcasing some of the traits that we usually see in his so-called “third season syndrome.” Obviously, Mourinho thrives on drama and controversy. It is his well established modus operandi, and often it serves to rally the troops in an “us against them” mentality.

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Paul Pogba just said a couple days ago that if Manchester United continued to suffer more misfortune, they would eventually come to think of themselves as cursed. Well, it appears the team’s luck, or least Pogba’s is changing.

He got to meeting Julia Roberts, and then steal a kiss from her. The world’s most expensive player posted an Instagram with the legendary Hollywood actress and producer, and we embedded that for you below:

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Ander Herrera is hoping that Manchester United will exact some revenge on West Ham United tomorrow night in the EFL Cup. Man United dominated all the stats in the stat sheet Sunday, but still ended up with a 1-1 draw that very much felt like a loss for the Red Devils.

It’s a very quick turnaround for the two sides who will obviously be quite familiar with each other, having just played a couple days ago. It sounds like United will be very motivated against the Hammers. They should be. Remember last season, down the final stretches when the Red Devils had a result in hand, but the Hammers snatched it way from them?

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It’s a little bit of midweek EFL Cup action as Manchester United take on West Ham United for the second time in four days. Just like in the first meeting, it’ll take place at Old Trafford. In the last time out, Manchester United dominated possession, scoring chances, shots, and shots on goal, but ended up with just a mere draw.

United dropped two points at home that they really should have had.

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Manchester United will host West Ham United again tomorrow night for the second of two games in three days between the two sides. The Red Devils and Hammers played to a 1-1 draw in their previous meeting on Sunday November 27th. The match was completely dominated by the Red Devils, as they owned every stat in the scoresheet, except for the one that really counts- total goals scored.

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