THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2018 18 Derby loss piles misery on Mourinho AFP | Manchester Mourinho, Pogba filmed in ose Mourinho was left red-faced amid fresh talk tense training ground exchange Jof a rift with Paul Pogba as Manchester United crashed to a AFP | London “I am the manager, I make shock penalty shoot-out defeat these decisions, no fallout at against Frank Lampard’s Derby ose Mourinho and Paul all, no problem at all. The same in the League Cup on Tuesday. JPogba were involved in person who takes the decision Just hours after Mourinho a tense-looking exchange at to make him second captain reportedly told unsettled star Manchester United’s train- makes this decision now.” Pogba that he would never ing ground yesterday, a day The France international captain the team again, there after the manager confirmed captained the side in the Pre- was a bitter pill for the United the World Cup star had been mier League openers against manager to swallow as second stripped of the role of vice-cap- Leicester and Brighton in the tier Derby sprang a major sur- tain. absence of Antonio Valencia, prise in the third round at Old Sky Sports showed footage of just as he did in last week’s Trafford. Pogba joining training with his Champions League win at Juan Mata had put United teammates yesterday morning, Young Boys. ahead in the opening moments, including a seemingly terse ex- Pogba scored two and set but Harry Wilson equalised and, change between the pair. up the other in the 3-0 victory after the hosts had goalkeep - The 25-year-old shook hands in Switzerland but he gave a er Sergio Romero sent off, Jack with coach Michael Carrick mixed performance in Satur- Marriott gave Derby the lead Jose Mourinho passes Derby players at the end of injury time, before the penalty shoot out and another United employee day’s return to league action with just five minutes left. before looking taken aback by against Wolverhampton. Marouane Fellaini headed something Mourinho said. The 25-year-old was dispos- United’s equaliser deep into Defeats against Brighton and former Juventus star had been loan Liverpool winger Wilson Pogba was then seen having sessed in the move that led to stoppage-time to make it 2-2, yet Tottenham, coupled with Satur- “rested”. powered a fine free-kick past an apparently exasperated dis- Joao Moutinho’s equaliser. even that couldn’t dig Mourinho day’s draw against Wolves, have Pogba still turned up at Old Romero. cussion with the manager. After the match he said Unit- out of trouble. left United off the pace in the Trafford, watching from a pri- Wilson was tormenting Unit- Mourinho was asked after ed should attack more. After Derby scored eight suc- Premier League and now they vate box, but disappeared before ed and another of his danger- the match on Tuesday whether Those comments are said cessive kicks in the shoot-out, are out of the League Cup. the shoot-out. ous raids in the 67th minute led he had told Pogba he would not to have got under Mourinho’s United defender Phil Jones saw It was a downbeat conclusion The Pogba row overshadowed Romero to sprint out of his area captain the club again. skin, but it is reported that Pog- his effort saved by Scott Carson to a torrid day for United after a superb achievement by Lam- and block with his hand, earning “The only truth is I made the ba’s reported desire to leave to give the Rams an 8-7 win. relations between Mourinho pard, who only took his first a red card that forced Mourinho decision of Paul not to be the Old Trafford for Barcelona was It was a sweet moment for and French World Cup winner managerial role at Derby in the to send on former Derby keeper second captain anymore,” said behind the decision to strip Derby boss Lampard, who en- Pogba reportedly hit a new low. close-season. Lee Grant for his debut. Mourinho. him of the vice-captaincy. joyed so much success working Pogba is believed to have been If Lampard was a reminder of Lukaku hit the woodwork under Mourinho during their informed in front of team-mates better days for Mourinho, the as United tried to respond, but time at Chelsea. that he does not embody what United manager was briefly lift- Derby made the most of their But the apprentice’s victory the club is about, so will no ed again thanks to Mata’s third numerical advantage to snatch over his teacher was a painful longer act as captain when reg- minute opener. the lead in the 85th minute. blow to Mourinho, who has en- ular skipper Antonio Valencia Romelu Lukaku’s clever dum- Mason Mount’s initial shot dured a troubled time since the is absent. my let the ball run to Jesse Lin- was saved by Grant, but, as end of last season and had to The 25-year-old infuriat- gard and his pass reached Mata, United’s defenders stood and watch as Lampard danced ju- ed Mourinho after the Wolves who swept a cool finish into the watched, Marriott reacted alert- bilantly with his players on the match when he insisted United far corner from just inside the ly to head in from close range. pitch. should “attack, attack, attack” area for his first at Old Trafford Fellaini came to United’s After squabbling with United’s in what was perceived as a dig for 12 months. rescue five minutes into stop- hierarchy over their failure to at the manager’s conservative But Derby had United on the page-time when the Belgian sign the targets Mourinho want- tactics. ropes with their slick passing. converted Diogo Dalot’s cross ed, he has become embroiled in Asked just before kick-off Lampard’s side were reward- with a close-range header, a feud with Pogba amid increas- about Pogba’s absence from the ed for their enterprising play however that was only delaying Manchester United’s Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho (L) talks with ingly alarming results. squad, Mourinho insisted the in the 59th minute when on- Mourinho’s misery. Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (R) (File photo) Spalletti confident new-look Loew blocked from meeting Ozil at Arsenal Inter starting to gel AFP | Berlin AFP | Milan “The team has improved in many as- ermany head coach Joachim pects, especially in terms of mentality, GLoew was reportedly blocked oach Luciano Spalletti believes conviction and character,” said Spal- from meeting Mesut Ozil at Arsenal’s CInter Milan are finally beginning letti, whose side won 1-0 at Sampdoria training ground on Monday to discuss to gel as a team after a 2-1 win over at the weekend, following a rousing the midfielder’s fiery retirement from Fiorentina on Tuesday night gave them Champions League victory against international duty. their first back-to-back wins this sea- Tottenham Hotspur. Loew and Germany’s team director son in Serie A, lifting them up towards “Everything has improved a bit, also Oliver Bierhoff were in London at the top of the table. thanks to the physical condition.” the weekend to take part in a FIFA Captain Mauro Icardi got first Se- Inter are fifth in table with 10 points coaching congress and then visited rie A goal of the campaign when he after six games, although they remain Arsenal’s training ground in Colney, converted a controversial penalty just five points behind leaders Juventus. north of London, for clear-the-air before break after a Vitor Hugo hand- Inter, fourth last season, made a talks with Ozil. ball to set the three-time European host of summer signings including According to German daily Bild, Cup winners on their way at San Siro. Radja Nainggolan, Matteo Politano, Loew and Bierhoff were turned away Milan Skriniar deflected a Federico Sime Vrsaljko and Keita Balde, as they at the entrance to Arsenal’s training Chiesa shot into his own net to level chase their first Serie A title since ground, on the orders of Gunners’ Germany head coach Joachim Loew (L) talks to midfielder Mesut Ozil during a training session the scores before Danilo D’Ambrosio 2010, when they won the treble under head coach Unai Emery, while the (File photo) sealed the three points for Inter. Jose Mourinho. squad was put through a recovery session. from international duty in July, citing The visit had been previously ar- ‘disrespect and racism’ within the ranged, so Loew and Bierhoff later German Football Association (DFB), met the Gunners’ Germany interna- taking direct aim at president Rein- tionals Bernd Leno and Shkodran hard Grindel. Mustafi at the club’s visitors centre KNOW WHAT “In the eyes of Grindel and his sup- without speaking to Ozil. porters, I am German when we win, “We would have liked to have spo- but I am an immigrant when we lose,” ken to Mesut, but we have to accept the 2014 World Cup winner, who was that at the moment he doesn’t want Having been the born in Germany to Turkish parents, to have this conversation with us,” target of xenophobic wrote in a statement. said Bierhoff. comments on social Having been the target of xenopho- Ozil’s agent Erkut Sogut, who Bier- media and singled out bic comments on social media and hoff had reportedly contacted before for blame in the wake singled out for blame in the wake of the visit, declined to comment on the of Germany’s woeful Germany’s woeful World Cup display, reason for the rejection.