Manchester United 4-1 West Ham: Anthony Martial and Zlatan Ibrahimovic send Reds into EFL Cup semi-finals as Jose Mourinho serves touchline ban.
Tony Martial scored. And then Tony Martial scored again. And now
Manchester United are three games from the first trophy of the Jose
Mourinho era.
With Liverpool and Southampton still in the mix it is not going to be easy, but Mourinho has always set store in laying down a marker by winning the first real trophy of the season and, wherever he was in the stadium, he will have been mightily pleased by this result, and this performance.
Pleased by Martial, too. He seemed to suggest a week ago that the striker was running out of time to impress, with Old Trafford’s songs about the prolific nature of his scoring feats – and the value he represented at £50million – seeming increasingly optimistic.
With Liverpool and Southampton still in the mix it is not going to be easy, but Mourinho has always set store in laying down a marker by winning the first real trophy of the season and, wherever he was in the stadium, he will have been mightily pleased by this result, and this performance.
Pleased by Martial, too. He seemed to suggest a week ago that the striker was running out of time to impress, with Old Trafford’s songs about the prolific nature of his scoring feats – and the value he represented at £50million – seeming increasingly optimistic.
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