Zlatan Ibrahimovic wheels away after scoring Manchester United's first goal in a 3-0 win at Sunderland.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan touched on just how vital Manchester United's win over Sunderland on Sunday was.
United didn't have too much to do after Sebastian Larsson was sent off for Sunderland but in the early stages of the first half, Victor Anichebe and Defoe caused United a few problems when they ran off the shoulders of the two centre-backs.
Ibrahimovic's tally is now 27 in all competitions this season and without his goals, United would have scored just 27 goals in the Premier League.
Jose Mourinho vowed to take Manchester United's fight for a top-four finish to the wire as Luke Shaw found himself back in the manager's good books.
Even if they finish outside the top four, United could qualify for next season's Champions League by winning this year's Europa League.
Manager Davis Moyes said Larsson's red card for going in on high on Ander Herrera had killed the game. "I couldn't see if it was a red card or not but he gave it and then we played with one more".
"It was an important win and a solid performance against a team that is sad.When you play a team that is sad, if you score first the game is nearly over because it is hard for them to react".
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The result left Sunderland 10 points adrift of safety at the foot of the table and Mourinho said they had played like a team who were "close to relegation".
Forlan, who endured a frustrating spell at United between 2002 and 2004, earned cult hero status with United fans for the brace of goals he scored against Liverpool.
The former Chelsea boss hopes to have as many players as fresh as possible ahead of that trip to Belgium as United look to secure a commanding first-leg advantage.
Koeman said he was pleased with his team's performance particularly the displays of Lukaku and Barkley, who had come in for some criticism after the Merseyside derby. "We're still there, trying to put some pressure on to go into the last month still fighting", Mourinho said. "You always need players like Jesse to support those types of players like Park [Ji-sung] because they balance off the talented players, do the work and fill in gaps".
And Ibrahimovic says he feels "more intelligent" in his approach to the game at this late stage of his career.
"We could probably get a different result but the three points was important thing now".
Manager David Moyes rued Larsson's controversial dismissal. He was coming to enjoy his football and play for one of the best teams in the world.
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