Chelsea's second defeat in four Premier League matches has coincided with some dazzling performances by Spurs, whose 4-0 demolition of Bournemouth on Saturday was their seventh consecutive league win.
Any hopes the visitors had of masterminding a turnaround vanished within four minutes of kick-off in the second half as Herrera doubled United's lead.Zouma's tackle on the burrowing Young sent the ball rolling into Herrera's path and his drilled effort flicked off Zouma to fly past the grounded Begovic.
Mourinho had already admitted that this season was always going to be hard for the 19-year-old to replicate last term's form, but he is expecting the player to continue his development over the next 12 months.
One player who isn't influencing Man United's season recently, however, has been Anthony Martial.
Relegated to the bench against Chelsea, top-scorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Michael Carrick and Henrikh Mkhitaryan are all expected to return to United's starting XI against Anderlecht.
Jose Mourinho has hailed Eric Bailly and Marcos Rojo as deserving "a special mention" after the defensive duo aided Manchester United to a 2-0 win over Premier League leaders Chelsea.
"When everyone is telling you you're having a great season, you're having a very good game, you're playing very well, I don't think it is good for yourself so I don't listen too much".
Irving scores 37 to lead Cavs
What's so hard about putting together a four quarter game? The third quarter also featured a personal 10-0 run by Love. While many concerns about the Cavs' flaws continue to be expressed in the media, James clearly doesn't share them.
"You know, we have been together for nearly 10 months or something like that", the United boss said ahead of Thursday's Europa League quarter-final second leg with Anderlecht. Quite clearly a talented player with enormous potential, but bringing in such competition would nearly certainly hinder his game time.
"People remember the end of the season and now we are in the crucial moment", said the Spaniard.
"This kind of game gives us confidence".
"You can tell from that just how much quality they possess from the outset". One should not be surprised if in the coming years he establishes himself as one of the best players in his position in the Premier League.
Gone was the frantic, anxious soul we saw against Liverpool, also at Old Trafford.
"Celta Vigo are a very good team, but I thought we created a lot of chances".
"We're going to try again in the next game. We've got to keep them as far away from our goal as possible".
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