POGBA IS NOT EASILY REPLACED
Paul Pogba has been superb for United this season and so it is a cruel blow for the club that he was forced off in the first-half. The central midfielder went down clutching his hamstring after just 18-minutes of play and the way in which he gingerly got back to his feet and hobbled off down the tunnel – not to mention the frustrated reaction of Mourinho – appeared to suggest it could be a relatively serious injury. Mourinho will have been delighted that Pogba’s replacement, Fellaini, opened the scoring but United will be desperately hoping Pogba is not set for an extended period on the sidelines. The Frenchman has been a revelation since Nemanja Matic’s arrival and is not easily replaced. improved their squad this season and with a relatively easy group in the Champions League could well go far in the competition. But if they want to go all the way they will have to be more ruthless against sides who are likely to hand them far fewer chances than this secondrate Swiss side. Henrikh Mkhitaryan missed two good chances early on, first heading over when unchallenged and then striking the post from six yards. Lukaku was also guilty of missing a good opportunity to double his tally for the night after heading the ball into the floor when unmarked at the back post. Mourinho shows no signs of losing faith. The midfielder’s celebration after he thumped in Ashley Young’s pinpoint pass, peeling away with his back turned to the fans and pointing to the name on his shirt, showed he still feels he has plenty to prove at Old Trafford.