Manchester United’s team bus left St Mary’s without match-winner Romelu Lukaku on Saturday night after 1-0 victory against Southampton. The Belgian found it harder to provide a urine sample for drug-testers than score goals this season and had to catch up in a taxi.
And United had more trouble than expected dealing with a Saints side who played better in the second half than anyone seeing them recently could have anticipated.
The £75million man, much like the rest of Mourinho’s squad, has started the season in sensational form and has notched six Premier League goals already.
The victory over Southampton was as trademark Mourinho as it gets, a well-organised, strong defensive display accompanied with an admirable execution of a game plan, there was even some touchline amateur dramatics to take us back to his Chelsea days.
‘Amazing points,’ enthused Mourinho after his side claimed all three points. ‘Honestly, I felt Southampton were strong. I felt their manager was enthusiastic, excited. We had good solidarity, organisation and spirit.’
