Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester United; 5 Key Talking Points

#3 Paul Pogba, Ander Herrera, Marcus Rashford respond to their manager's challenge

Herrera was very good on the night and should start on Saturday

Jose Mourinho made things very clear after United's comically inept performance against West Bromwich Albion - he'd had enough. He'd had enough of seeing his players ghost walk through games and he'd had enough of them over-complicating things.

Atleast part of that problem was addressed against Bournemouth - "Everything was faster, everything was simple. The players were good. I think good team performance was professional, controlled - a good effort. Desire to play, to score, desire to cope with the defensive responsibilities.”

A 2-0 win can do wonders to a man's mood, eh?

In truth, United were more dully efficient than anything else, controlling the game but doing not all that much with the ball... one of Mourinho's statements post the West Brom debacle had been to tell his players there were on audition for Saturday's FA Cup semi tonight, and if he were to take it seriously, only Messrs Pogba, Herrera, and Rashford made a rock-solid case for their inclusion come Wembley day.

Herrera was his all-biting, all-action, all-everything self, Pogba was superb, and Rashford was dogged, determined, and brutally direct - all qualities that Mourinho deeply admires in his players.

As for the ones under special scrutiny - an on-off Marouane Fellaini, an unimpressive Luke Shaw, a mercurial Anthony Martial, and a hopeless Matteo Darmian - it's not looking so good.