EPL: Pogba breaks record with brace against Fulham
- by Cecil Buchanan
- in Sports
- — Feb 11, 2019
Manchester United eased past Fulham 3-0 at Craven Cottage on Saturday, with a clinical first half leading the Red Devils to victory.
Fulham boss Claudio Ranieri felt his players were too eager to force an equaliser following Pogba's 14th minute opener, which allowed Martial to exploit them on the break for the second goal.
The brace took Pogba's tally to 11 goals this season, a milestone he has only achieved for the first time in his career.
The French star is literally running the show given the freedom to express himself in attacking under the Norwegian tactician, notching as many goals and assisting some.
"I have to say I don't think I would have hit it like he did, so fantastic goal".
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He is not the only one to have been rejuvenated by the change in manager.
Manchester United's rise into the top four of the Premier League is proof they can beat Paris Saint-Germain, according to Juan Mata. United were 11 points behind the Blues when Mourinho was let go, but are back in contention with a rare run of form - the streak of six consecutive away wins in all competitions is a first for the club since May 2009.
Pogba added: "It feels great". We want to be in the top four.
'There is just a positivity about the place, to grind results out when we're not playing well, to play forward, to play with intent and objective - and that's exactly what we're doing.
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"We've just got to concentrate on ourselves, we can't really control anything that other teams can do".
A very forward thinking attitude but, unlike the players themselves, we can afford to look back and reflect upon the performance.
That is the view of former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville who believes the latter part of the season will determine whether he gets the job on a permanent basis, despite Solskjaer's blistering start to life in the Old Trafford dugout.
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