Manchester United news: Jose Mourinho says he will continue to use Henrikh Mkhitaryan all over the pitch… despite him shining in playmaker role
Armenian dazzled in United's last game, a 3-0 victory away at Leicester with a goal, an assist and being named man of the match
HENRIKH MKHITARYAN seems to have finally won his Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho over - and it's all down to his versatility!
The Armenian had a stormer in United's last game against Leicester City, after switching from the wing to a supporting role behind Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Mkhitaryan scored the first, assisted Juan Mata for the second, and was named man of the match as the Red Devils secured a 3-0 victory away at the champions.
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And Mkhitaryan's flexibility on the pitch has been lauded by Mourinho.
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Speaking ahead of today's visit by Watford, the Portuguese boss said: “I will use him everywhere I need. I played him left-back [once].
"He is ready, his mentality has changed, his profile of a player does not change, but the mentality and approach changed. He is ready to play for us. What we did last weekend is something we will try and do more and more.
"Start with a system, try to surprise the opponent, then the team is ready to go back and to change during the match. You can only do that with maturity, with some work with time and knowledge with what your players can do.
"During the week we trained for both things. I don’t need to change players, just change the roles on the pitch. So, be ready, after five, 10 or 20 minutes we are going to change.
"We have more and more capacity to try to do these things to try and surprise opponents and create difficulties."
Mkhitaryan should line up in the supporting role behind Ibrahimovic once again today against Watford, but it would be no surprise to see this change throughout the game.