Was that, very briefly, a smile on José Mourinho’s face? Blink, and you might have missed it, but at least Manchester United have begun the new season with a victory and after all the sullenness of pre-season, the complaints about the club’s transfer business and the overwhelming suspicion that something is not right, this was a reminder how winning football matches can make everything feel so much better. For now at least, Old Trafford feels like a happy place again.
They struggled at times to impose themselves against a robust and attacking Leicester side and it was not the kind of performance to make you think they look like returning the Premier League trophy to Old Trafford for the first time since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement season. At the same time, it was still encouraging in other ways. Paul Pogba carried on where he left off in the World Cup. Fred, the £52m acquisition from Shakhtar Donetsk, had a competent debut and Luke Shaw’s confidence should be soothed from scoring the 82nd-minute goal that ultimately decided the match.
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