Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has admitted that Anthony Martial deserves his chance in the team, after he starred in their 2-0 win over Watford in the Premier League on Saturday.
Martial laid on the pass for Juan Mata to open scoring, before adding the second goal himself. It was the French forward’s first league of 2017.
Having been left out of the side for some of their recent games, Mourinho recalled Martial for the clash at Old Trafford.
“Martial deserves the chance,” Mourinho told BBC Sport afterwards.
“He has worked harder than ever in the last two weeks in the way I like – silence but hard.
“In the first half the football was fabulous. The fans got behind the team just before we scored the goal because we were phenomenal.
“When I got the job they were saying at Manchester United you need to play the football in a certain way and I agree. You cannot play a counter-attacking style, but then you have to analyse the situation.
“People sometimes forget that these teams like Watford and Stoke have very good players. I looked at this team and these players were in Italy when I was in Italy for Napoli, Inter, Lazio. These are top players.”
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