J. Mourinho: Pogba was a monster

"Manchester United" team started the season successfully - without several key players, the "Red Devils" began the Premier League with a victory of 2:1.

Paul Pogba scored the first goal, Luke Shaw added another one at the end of the match, and "Man Utd" showed superiority against "Leicester".

Often criticized P. Pogba, according to Jose Mourinho, was completely different after the match - he said that the Frenchman played like a "true beast", although he did not spare compliments for other players.

"The players who were ready during preparation were in great condition today," - said Mourinho. - "Pereira, Shaw, Bailly, Darmian were ready to play 90 minutes without any problems and that was visible on the field".

"Rashford's situation was different, but he could play. Pogba was like a monster - we thought he would play a maximum of 60 minutes, but he did it until the 80th minute of the match.

At some moments during the match, "Leicester" was stronger than us, but we played well as a team and achieved the desired result," - said J. Mourinho.