Mourinhos Manchester United roar back to life
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the victory for manchester united must definitely offer some relief to the embattled coach following reports that the board members were unhappy with him and were planning to sack him1 jose mourinhos stuttering manchester united gave a glimpse of their old image roaring back from a two goal deficit in the first half to beat newcastle united 3-21 the duo of kenedy and yoshinori muto had shot newcastle united ahead in the first half of a make or mar match for mourinho at old trafford scoring two goals in three minutes. and the two goals came in the first ten minutes of the match1 manchester united lumbered through the half not really threatening the boys from newcastle1 but in the second half mourinho made some changes in his squad throwing in marouane fellaini and alexis sanchez. their introduction added some pep to the attack and along with juan mata who came in as substitute for eric bailly in the first half the result showed in the goals1 with united dominating possession and piling the pressure on new castle mata first pulled one back on 70th minute after a foul near the box by mohamed diame for teh visitors1 six minutes after paul pogba set up anthony martial for the equaliser1 then in the 90th minute a cross by ashley young found alexis sanchez who nodded in for the winner to send the fans at old trafford into rapture1 alexis sanchez scored the winner with a header on 90th minute1 uniteds first win in five games in all competitions could buy the coach some much-needed breathing space heading into the international break1 i am 55 years old. it is the first time i see man-hunting. there is too much wickedness in something that should be beautiful mourinho said of his critics1 i can cope with it. some of the boys in spite of them not being the man that is hunted they are not coping well with it1 every ball around our box was almost a goal or some mistake a bad decision panic1 at half-time we spoke and the team faced the second half with a different spirit a different belief giving everything for the victory1 asked if the speculation would stop mourinho added no. i go to london now and if it rains tomorrow in london then it is my fault1 with the scoreline united after eight games are now eighth on the league table with 13 points six points away from leaders and city rivals manchester city who still have a game in hand against liverpool on sunday1