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       EPL: Mourinho speaks on penalty ‘fight’ between Pogba, Alexis
       By: sparrow Date: August 11, 2018, 12:14 pm
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       Manchester United manager, Jose Mourinho, has played down the
       perceived rift between Paul Pogba and Alexis Sanchez, over who
       the team’s designated penalty taker is.
       United went 1-0 up against Leicester City inside three minutes
       of Friday night’s Premier League curtain raiser, after a
       handball from Daniel Amartey, with Luke Shaw scoring the
       decisive goal late on in a 2-1 win at Old Trafford.
       However, before the early spot-kick was dispatched by Pogba,
       Sanchez tried to take the ball off his teammate.
       Mourinho, speaking in the mixed zone after the game, insisted
       the Frenchman did not break rank.
       “The thinking was that he is a very good penalty taker and he
       likes the responsibility of it and he’s the first choice.
       “Of course on the pitch we have a second and third choice, in
       case of not confidence or for some reason does not want to take,
       but he was ready.
       “And of course he trained lots of penalties during the World Cup
       – because it’s something that, in a competition like that, every
       player trains a lot – and he was very confident. Schmeichel is
       very good on penalties but no chance,” he said.
       Pogba took a series of small, slow steps before finally striking
       the ball, but Mourinho had no qualms about his technique.
       The Portuguese coach added: “The run up doesn’t matter, what
       matters is the quality and the intensity. You could feel that
       the direction was impossible for Schmeichel.
       “I think Schmeichel goes to the same side, he goes to the same
       corner but no wings to arrive there. Only with wings [could he
       save it]. So it’s fantastic penalty.”
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