Jose Mourinho chose to hail Manchester United’s all-round display rather than singling out individuals after a Paul Pogba-inspired Champions League win at Young Boys.
“Job done. Not phenomenal but good enough. We had a difficult start, they were intense and compact, but after the first goal the game was under our control. There was probably some fear of injures early on; some players had sore ankles and backs after training yesterday.
We are not used to playing on it. Now I can say because the game is over: I don’t understand how you can play the best club competition on an artificial pitch. I would not say this before the match. Paul Pogba had a good performance. He was tired which was why I took him off, but he gave the team class and scored a very good goal. And his penalty showed personality.
Diogo Dalot did very well, as did Luke Shaw. Both full-backs were very, very good. Diogo is one of the best young right-backs in Europe already. It was important for us to win, because every team is probably going to make six points against Young Boys.”