As Manchester United toiled for long periods at the KCOM Stadium against Hull City, there were some amongst the crowd asking how this was different from Louis van Gaal’s side. In injury time, they got their answer.
Marcus Rashford’s 92nd-minute winner secured a one-sided 1-0 win to keep United’s 100 per cent run under Jose Mourinho going. Whereas last term Van Gaal’s troops often continued to over-pass without actually causing much trouble, Mourinho's side simply kept banging at the door until Hull eventually let them in amid a proper downpour in East Yorkshire.
After two rather comfortable and competent victories over Bournemouth and Southampton recalled memories of United sides of years gone by, this was another reminder of what Manchester United used to be about. The jokes about Fergie Time often came as a result of Sir Alex Ferguson’s teams exhausting opponents into submission. There was a bit of that about this game as the Reds eventually got their rewards, having dominated throughout.
They could easily have scored five. Juan Mata got in behind to tee up Wayne Rooney late in the first half, but while the England front man beat Eldin Jakupovic, his effort was blocked on the line by Curtis Davies. Then Zlatan Ibrahimovic stuck out a toe to beat Jakupovic to Rooney’s pass, but couldn’t improvise a shot on target as his back-heel from a tight angle found the side-netting.
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