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Does Lukaku come back?
Although Romelu Lukaku did not start at Manchester United, he managed to finish like Diego Forlan. In both his appearances against Leicester and Everton, he spoiled his chances but, fortunately for Lukaku, Marcus Rashford was barely an upgrade on Sunday.
Rashford, an unconvincing forward, opened the game as planned against Jordan Pickford with his only opportunity in Everton's win. He was hooked in the 65th minute. Mourinho was complimentary about Lukaku's impact in his post-match interview with one of the broadcasters and felt that the Belgian's exit was an improvement over its recent form.
The manager of United has remained largely faithful to his number nine and could be content with the presence of Lukaku before traveling to Juventus and City next week. Lukaku scored at home and away against Bournemouth in the final quarter, the latter coming off the bench.
Summary of Jose Mourinho's press conference
Or does United remain unchanged?
"This one was full," Mourinho said of United's performance against Everton. "Not just because the result was dubious until the last second, but it was the consequence of a goal we concede and the consequence of some great changes that we missed.
"But I agree with you, the performance was solid, at certain times in the second half, it was not only solid, it was more than that, that 's all. was beautiful, beautiful actions, creative possession. "
Mourinho exceeded it, but it was perhaps United's most accomplished performance in three months and the manager hardly wanted to change the XI.
High level reminders?
Antonio Valencia and Eric Bailly were untouchable in the Mourinho team a year ago. The club captain has not played since November 2 and Bailly was removed from the Everton team to host Marcos Rojo.
Matteo Darmian also remained ahead of Valencia on the bench of United but, despite all the shortcomings of Ecuador, he is a better option than the Italian "emergency", who does not seem to stay in the match teams because of his ability to play right or left back.
Which is better than Bailly and Rojo is not even a debate.
Players to try their luck?
Mourinho warned before the Bournemouth trek in April, some of United's players who had underperformed in the previous West Brom defeat would not play in the FA Cup semifinal. The Bournemouth meeting was held three days before United's encounter with Tottenham at Wembley, where Mourinho finally made only two changes to the West Brom match.
Among the starters in Bournemouth, Phil Jones was the only member of a team that changed a lot and qualified for the Cup. With Juve and City on the horizon, any fall on Saturday could result in a demotion to Turin on Wednesday.
The best targeting ever practiced
Anthony Martial is set to begin his fifth consecutive league match for United at Vitality Stadium, one of the first six that he had played last November and December. He is still far from 13 points in a row that he has managed to win Louis van Gaal's discontent winter, but four goals out of three are Martial's best performance for United.
A goal scored Saturday would strengthen his value for a manager who had reservations about the French – and strengthen the bargaining position of his representatives with Ed Woodward and Matthew Judge.
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