Pogba shines against Tottenham but remains without a prize

Real Madrid, Juventus, renewal, exit … If you look for the name of Paul Pogba in different media worldwide, you will read a lot about his possible future. The Frenchman, protected by Mino Raiola, is always among the favorites to change teams, but Since 2016 when he signed for United, all this has remained between serious attempts (it was with Real Madrid) and rumor mill.

After being discussed by the fans, going through a hard injury last season and having his future up in the air once again, Paul Pogba made headlines this Sunday for his football against Tottenham. For what really matters.

The Frenchman was Solskjaer's main solution to break Jose Mourinho's defensive framework. The center of the field was yielded to McTominay and Fred with Bruno Fernandes as playmaker. Pogba, in theory, started from the left, but as it turned out, he was free to move around any area of ​​the field and unhinge the Spurs defense. Paul appeared in the middle to set up the play, gave support where necessary and dared to overflow from the wing to the center leaving the lane for Shaw if he deemed it necessary to go up.

When the half hour of the game was not reached, the media nailed a remarkable assist for Cavani. He received the edge of the area, stepped on it and threw a perfect pass to the Uruguayan. Cavani did not waste it, but the goal ended up being annulled by a previous foul. In the second half, it was key to sentence by providing a new goal pass that was worth it. The '6' received in three quarters of the court, he sneaked in with a pure Iniesta-style croquette between Hojberg and Dier and enabled Greenwood to the edge of the area. The Englishman defined with mastery and closed the definitive 1-3 in the addition.

In addition to these two highlights, Paul Pogba closed an excellent game in general as his data shows. He touched the ball 77 times and in which he returned a pass (44), he was right 89% of the time, two of them being key to generating danger. He was not very successful against goal, but he was effective in creating, overflowing (six successful dribbles and two fouls received) and also in defense. According to all these data offered by Sofascore, Pogba won eight of 17 games on the green and five of six in the air, punting four times and intercepting a ball.

Although his party was recognized by the English press, the Man of the Match of the Premier League went to Cavani who took 41.5% of the votes (21,192 in total). The most curious thing is that none of these voters saw Pogba able to win the award for best player of the match, being excluded from the top ten published by the Premier in the voting list for this award. Not just a 'zero eat something percent'. It was among the best, but it was not the most popular.

Mourinho asked for his expulsion

Asked about the decisive intervention of the VAR in the disallowed goal against Manchester United, Jose Mourinho spoke about the refereeing video and an action in which the Frenchman fought with Aurier, who ended up getting an elbow.

“We were unlucky because Pogba must have seen red for the elbow on Serge Aurier. If you talk about VAR, maybe you should talk about it. I do not get it. Sometimes if they decide, sometimes not, it is very difficult to analyze, “said the Portuguese coach.” It was a good game, but we did not deserve this result at all. We lost against a very good team, “he added.

With these three points, Manchester United sits in second place in the standings with a total of 63. City is somewhat far behind, but they are already opening a certain distance to secure their place in the Champions League against Leicester (56), West Ham (55), Chelsea (52) or Liverpool (52)