Jose Mourinho gets animated in his exchange with Paul Pogba after Manchester United conceded a second goal against Tottenham. Tottenham scored after 11 seconds into the match and didn't look back as the race for top four just got a lot tighter. Jose Mourinho laments Manchester United's defending after conceding against Tottenham after just 11 seconds of play. It was a tough first Premier League match with Man United for Alexis Sanchez, who struggled to connect with his new teammates and was the victim of a number of hard fouls. Tottenham scored after 11 seconds into the match and didn't look back as the race for top four just got a lot tighter.
MANCHESTER -- Jose Mourinho has dropped Paul Pogba from the Manchester United team to play Huddersfield, with Scott McTominay coming into Jose Mourinho's starting XI.
The midfielder was substituted during the second half of the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham on Wednesday and he was left on the bench for Huddersfield's visit to Old Trafford on Saturday.
Mourinho said: "No Pogba, but McTominay is in. He has been here since the age of nine in the academy, waiting for an opportunity which I give him now and again."
Mourinho was seen in animated conversation with Pogba on the touchline at Wembley before substituting the 24-year-old after 63 minutes, but played it down at his news conference on Friday.
"In the first half, he came to me and came with a couple of questions I answered," the United manager said.
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"In the second-half I decided to make a change and bring [Marouane] Fellaini with different qualities than him, to try to be stronger in midfield with Fellaini and [Nemanja] Matic because I wanted Alexis [Sanchez] to play as a second striker with [Romelu] Lukaku.
It was just a tactical decision. "He is a young player, below 25, of course he has some things to improve.
"But it is not Paul, it is every player. "Every player has a chance to improve until the end of his career, especially the ones below 26, 27. They always have areas to improve."
Manchester United XI: De Gea; Valencia, Rojo, Smalling, Shaw; Matic, McTominay, Mata; Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez
Rob is ESPN FC's Manchester United correspondent. Follow him on Twitter @RobDawsonESPN.
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