Another Wembley winter date for José Mourinho looms, the latest in a long list of cup finals for the Manchester United manager. Even though Hull gave United something to ponder when pulling one goal back, there was still a strange absence of occasion and desire inside the ground. Hull City v Manchester United: EFL Cup semi-final – as it happened Read morePerhaps not military material then, but Mourinho is doubtless a man on the march to regaining his authority of old. A first trophy at United would strengthen his resolve further, after a week in which Sir Alex Ferguson has reflected on his former rival’s changing temperament. No such problem for Mourinho, whose United project is beginning to take shape.

Source: The Guardian January 26, 2017 22:07 UTC