Martial stars as United blanks Watford

It is one of the English Premier League’s stranger statistics that United have not moved from sixth position for three months, despite being unbeaten for 15 matches in the competition.

– One league start this year, when he was taken off after 65 minutes with Manchester United trailing 1-0.

We’re only in February yet I can already tell you who this summer’s big transfer saga will involve: Manchester United and Antoine Griezmann.

It is that old-fashioned direct running with ball at his feet and eyes at goal that United fans adore, and it means they put up with poor choices and occasional sluggishness.

“Sometimes you get disappointed because you expect more and even in relation to this everything is balanced”.

The Brazilian was a key member of the Chelsea team which won the Premier League under Jose Mourinho two seasons ago, making 35 appearances as the Blues romped to the title. Obviously, our ambition was to try and be champions, which will be hard now. “Obviously, we now have to look at trying to finish in the top four”. We know that. But we’re right there in terms of trying to place ourselves in the top four.

Jose Mourinho added a new word to his vocabulary this week and, once he learnt what it meant, agreed with Manchester United’s executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward that there would be no great transfer “churn” in the close season.

United doubled their lead on the hour thanks to Martial who got on to Ibrahimovic’s pass before shooting past a stranded Gomes.

The manager believes he has afforded him more than enough chances, the player has questioned why goals and assists were met with him dropping to the bench.

Manchester United have been heavily linked with a world record deal for Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid for €100m. “There are not just negatives to come from today, also a lot of positive points”. The pain goes away, but I will always miss her. “We didn’t kill with the 3-0, we killed the game tactically”.

“We are in that kind of environment now, compared to where we were perhaps two or three years ago, when there was a little bit more churn requirement from a playing squad perspective”. We have to play attacking football and then to be humble and analyse the match.

In addition, he has now reached double figures for league goals (in Europe’s top five leagues) in each of his last 11 campaigns, with the only other players to achieve this feat being Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.