Bournemouth 0-2 Manchester United; 5 Key Talking Points

#1 Is there really a rift between Mourinho and Pogba?

There, the applause!

"I’m not very good on man of the match, I’m not a big fan of it, but Paul Pogba played very well. Against Man City he was phenomenal but today he was very, very good.“ All he's been asking for is consistency... after the City match, Mourinho told the world press that he'd told Pogba the only thing he wanted from him was consistency - not two-goal, City-smashing performances every week, but consistently good performances.

He was not the worst against West Brom, but his early subbing off (with the scores still level) led to a rebirth of that ol' rumour, Pogba and Mourinho don't see eye-to-eye.But is it really the case?

Pogba is not a Mourinho-type player, that's evident to the blindest eye, but what should be equally evident is that the Portuguese has been making alterations in his strategy for the past two seasons to make allowances for just that - and it's not unreasonable that he expects Pogba to adjust back. In fact, in most professions, we'd consider a boss expecting an employee to meet him half-way very generous.

There might still be strains in the relationship - but both respect each other (see Mourinho slamming Paul Scholes to protect his player, see Pogba's comments about his manager) and they know that with each other their common goal is more easily achievable.

Maybe we shouldn't buy into the rumour mongering, eh?