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West Bromwich Albion 0:2 Manchester United

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Sat, 17 December 2016

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Job done. Confident and composed from start to finish. We never looked like letting that one slip. Gotta keep the momentum going and we'll slowly start to climb the table.

Ibra is performing like the top striker we know he is
 

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We were good. They were shit. I'm amazed they were only 1 place below us in the league.
 

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Very impressive. Controlled the whole game, first to last. Arguably best performance of the season. We're finally coming good.
 

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Thoroughly professional and dominating away performance

We looked like Manchester Utd today for real
 

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Fantastic away performance. Been so longed since we won a game like it was a formality.

Everyone was great today, Zlatan is just class.

Edit: Excellent reading of the game by Jose, we were set up perfectly.
 

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Great win. This is a decent WBA side and we dominated them. Loving the unity within the squad at the moment. Things looking better for us finally.
 

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Job done. Next up is Sunderland and Middlesborough.

If we win them I don't think we will be in the top four but we will be within a couple points.

It finally feels like things are starting to come together at last.
 

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Decent match, that. Some good sides will go to that ground and come away with nothing. We're a work in progress but it's miles better than last year, I didn't think we'd be walking away with 6 points from these last two matches anyway.
 

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Excellent performance away against the side in the second best form in the league. Ibrahimovic superb and a great game from Rojo/Jones.
 

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Can't remember last when we won and played so much in control in premier league. Great feeling, now bring in the next 3 teams.
 

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Job done. Next up is Sunderland and Middlesborough.

If we win them I don't think we will be in the top four but we will be within a couple points.

It finally feels like things are starting to come together at last.
Depends on Spurs' games. Anyone know offhand who their next 2 are?
 

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Just brillant. WBA are a difficult team and we made it pretty easy. Played great football against a defence that is known to be hard to break down. Full marks....and come on, Mourinho is going to create a brilliant team given time. No doubt it's not his ideal...but bloody hell he's turned this team around and made them competitive, often exciting and more than anything, gelled them into a unit that supports each other regardless. Us against them mentality...great to see.
 

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I say great performance! Defense impeccable, MF incredible, attack productive, Ibrahimovic MOTM.
 

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Looking like a Jose Mourinho team.

There was no nervousness about the way we defended our lead today, a massive change from a few weeks ago. West Brom tried to get down the sides of us but they failed more than succeeded, and when they did not we defended with discipline and composure. The team looked woven together like a gingham cloth!

Really, really pleased.

As for Zlatan, what can be said about him? He's phenomenal. Also, for all the nonsense spoken about him going in with his shoulder, Brunt on Rashford was obviously worse. I bet the chattering heads don' make so much of that though,
 

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Aww, Pogba making sure his shirt went to the kid in the wheelchair :)

Thought it was a pretty boring match to watch, but a very professional performance by United. We did exactly what we needed to do to beat these cloggers.

Jose still looks pretty unhappy with life, mind. Cheer up :)
 

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Really solid. Pretty much every player on the pitch performed at a good level, tactics & formation were good, scored our goals at the right time. Lots to enjoy.
 

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3 in a row!

Excellent performance, improving game by game and nice to go on a run.
 

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It's been a while since I've seen us win comfortably away from home in the Premier League. That was a professional performance from the players, and they made sure that, even if we did become sloppy in spells, we kept our organisation and shape off the ball and made sure that West Brom didn't get a sniff.

I loved how Jones and Rojo unsettled Rondon. With him off his pace, the rest of West Brom's attack became pretty much ineffective. Chadli showed why he was ousted from Spurs as he was invisible throughout the match. Yacob and Fletcher tried to make things difficult with their aggression and bite, but Pogba and co. did a great job in the midfield of keeping composure and building up attacks.

A special mention for Rooney for being well-disciplined and great at tracking back. He did a great job keeping tabs on Dawson and made sure that our left side remained solid. It's probably why Darmian didn't look as bad as he did in the past few matches.

At this point, I'm just looking forward to the next match!
 

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Preferred Wednesday :drool:

That first goal was lovely though
 

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Our best all round performance so far under Mourinho against a very good team. Brilliant in attack and solid in defence.
 

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Excellent away performance! Bar Darmian I actually think everybody had a good game with special mentions for Valencia, Pogba, Herrera, Rojo and obviously Zlatan.
 

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They were shit partly because of our early goal and in major part to our performance.
We did utterly dominate every part of the game. For a guy who scored a hat trick in his last game, Rondon was appalling. Did they have a shot on target?
 

Man of the Match

Zlatan Ibrahimovic image Zlatan Ibrahimovic 90% of 807 votes

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Score Predictions

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  • Man Utd win
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Detailed Results

  • 22% West Brom 1:2 Man Utd
  • 20% West Brom 0:2 Man Utd
  • 15% West Brom 0:1 Man Utd
  • 11% West Brom 1:3 Man Utd
  • 11% West Brom 1:1 Man Utd
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  • 2% West Brom 1:0 Man Utd
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  • 1% West Brom 2:0 Man Utd
  • 1% West Brom 0:5 Man Utd
  • 1% West Brom 2:3 Man Utd
  • 1% West Brom 1:4 Man Utd
  • 0% West Brom 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% West Brom 3:1 Man Utd
  • 0% West Brom 2:5 Man Utd
  • 0% West Brom 4:0 Man Utd
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Match Stats

  1. West Brom
  2. Man Utd
Possession
42% 58%
Shots
10 10
Shots on Target
1 5
Corners
2 3
Fouls
9 13

Referee

Anthony Taylor