#4. Time to introduce Henrikh Mkhitaryan to the starting XI
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Manchester United weren't poor tonight- far from it! Their 37 shots on goal was their highest since 2003-04, they had 20 corners and the likes of Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Herrera and especially Mata.
The stand-in captain who won them the Manchester derby in mid-week had a superb game – cracking the post once, having an astonishing 100% pass accuracy (50 out of 50!), 100% take-ons, 100% tackles won, creating 7 chances, and having 6 goals on shot himself. It was arguably a mistake to take him off when United did.
It's the Spaniard now that is keeping Henrikh Mkhitaryan out of his favoured no. 10 spot – but despite the long-winded protestations of Mourinho it is probably time to throw the Armenian into the mix – possibly on the wings, either at the expense of Lingard or in Rashford's place after moving the young Mancunian up top.
The Armenian is capable of creating sheer magic – as he proved on numerous occasions with Borussia Dortmund – and Mourinho and his men are in desperate need for some of that. It just may be the time for him to put aside his settling-in worries and make the kind of impact that a similarly late-to-settle-in player had at Arsenal – Robert Pires!
