The United boss wants Martial to follow the lead of Mkhitaryan, who struggled to get game time early in the season. “Every player is different. I had this season a situation that was more difficult than Anthony – Mkhitaryan,” Mourinho told SFR Sport.
Hosting “Sunderland” in the 18th round of the Premier League, “Manchester United” won 3-1. Mkhitaryan, who was entered the stadium at the end of the match, scored the third goal.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, captain of Armenia’s national football team and midfielder of Manchester United has been named best footballer of the year for the 6th consecutive time and a total of 7 times in his career.
Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian once again played a draw at the London Chess Classic. The 5th round game against Anish Giri ended in a draw at the 20th move.
Apart from his native tongue of Armenian, as well as the English he learned when taking his first steps in the professional game, Mkhi can speak French having lived there as a boy and idolised Zinedine Zidane before returning to Armenia aged seven.
Picking the ball up around 40 yards from goal, the Armenian international ignored the available pass to Wayne Rooney and instead burst into the penalty box with a cheeky nutmeg past the onrushing defender.
Mkhitaryan admitted on the eve of this game that he has been to blame for his slow start in England, missing 11 games after a disappointing debut against Manchester City in September when he was replaced at half-time.
An Old Trafford insider revealed: “United have kept close tabs and the feeling is his extra strength will be a huge bonus to him.
One of my earliest memories is begging my father, Hamlet, to take me to training with his football club in France. I was maybe five years old. In the ’80s, before I was born, my dad played in the old Soviet Top League in our home country of Armenia. He was a small but very quick striker. Soviet Soldier magazine actually honored him with its “Knight of Attack” award in 1984.
Jose Mourinho claimed that Henrikh Mkhitarayan’s performance that took Manchester United to a League Cup semi-final had shown his true potential in English football, the Independent reports.
