Premier League 2018-19: 5 talking points from gameweek 11 

#4 Martial proving his value to Manchester United

Martial scored for the third consecutive Premier League match

Anthony Martial signed from AS Monaco in 2015 as one of the most in-demand teenagers in world football, and it was expected that he would be one of the players upon whom the future of Manchester United would be built.

However, things have not quite panned out like that, as the Frenchman found himself frozen out of Mourinho’s plans, with his manager taking every opportunity to castigate him.

His inaction for Manchester United cost him his place in the national team, and Martial was jarringly left off the French World Cup-winning squad.

His unrest at Old Trafford reached a head in the offseason, as he came under intense criticism by Mourinho for leaving the club’s training camp to attend the birth of his daughter in France, to which the 22-year-old replied that family would always come first.

The tension was so rife between the pair that there were lots of speculations linking him with a transfer away from Manchester United, with PSG touted as his prime destination.

As it happened, those speculations amounted to nil, and Martial found himself being slowly reintegrated back into the United team.

After struggling at the start of the season, Martial has grown into his own, and is currently on his best run of form, scoring five goals in his last four Premier League matches.

Against Newcastle, it was he who chipped in with the crucial equalizer, which sparked the famous comeback victory, while he also got a brace against Chelsea, and scored the equalizer on Saturday against Bournemouth when the Red Devils were largely on the backfoot against The Cherries.

Reports emanated that Martial has rejected a new contract extension offered him, and with just one year left on his contract, United would do well to keep him tied down at the club.